School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)

Location:
Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 308

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 308

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  2. During the years 1846 - 47 a great famine was raging through out the country. It affected the district in some ways. There was a population of about eight and a half million in Ireland at that time. During the famine time there was a plague in Ireland. Half of the people died from it The potato crop failed. When the people brought the
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