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School: Loughmoe (C.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7594)

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Caitlín Ní Riain
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    were not able to pay them they were sent out of their houses and left to starve. The potato crop was the chief food of the people and when this failed the people were left in a state of misery. Usually after war comes sickness and after the Great Famine there came a plague all over the country that swept out many districts. This was called the "flu." 1847 was called black 47.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peg Eviston
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonamuckoge More, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Jerome Eviston
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonamuckoge More, Co. Tipperary