School: Glascorn (roll number 16615)

Location:: Glascarn, Co. Westmeath
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of a stone of Indian meal was given at Churchtown once a week and once a day a pound of meal was given at Rathconrath. The poor people used to boil nettles and eat them. If they had any meal they poured the Indian gruel over the nettles and if not they ate the nettles just as they were.
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There are many stories told about the Famine of 1847 and how the people of Ireland died of hunger. It affected this district very much. More than half the population died of starvation

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