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School: Crowenstown

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Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
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M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 365

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    It is not known how the blight came on the potato crop. The potatoes decayed both in the pits and in the ground.
    There are no accounts of the seed potatoes for the following year. The government relief did not reach the district.
    People died in great numbers and sickness called "Flux Fever" followed the hunger.
    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
    Michael J. Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Stonestown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    James Mc Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stonestown, Co. Westmeath