School: Anglesboro (C.), Baile Mhistéala (roll number 10263)

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Anglesborough, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhonnchadha
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    parts of County Cork the farmers cut down their crops while still green and so fed their stock as there was a great shortage of grass.
    The shortage of grass resulted in a shortage of hay.
    Land became infected with a disease called "Fluke" and thousands of sheep died.
    There was another disease called Red Water prevalent among cattle as a result of the Great Drought
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. drought (~35)
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    English