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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
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S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 132

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    ridges on the high ground so that they would not be so subject to the blight as they were on the low ground. The traces of these ridges are still to be seen in the fields in this district.
    The Government Relief did not reach this area in time so the people died from hunger while others emigrated to foreign countries.
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    The people of this district suffered very much for want of food in the years 1846 and 1847. The principal food which the people had was potatoes. This crop was destroyed by the blight, so the people had very little food. They sold their corn
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Davy Mac Keown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garhy, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Paddy Midgley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    81
    Address
    Garhy, Co. Westmeath