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School: Castlebridge (C.) (roll number 16382)

Location:
Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mrs E. Shortall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0884, Page 124

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    fog, puts it on them.
    The potatoes decayed in the ground.
    When the potato crop failed the people used to eat Rye bread which was coal black, and also bean bread, and turnips with yellow meal and even of this they did not get much.
    The name of this sickness was called the "Black Fever". The Government Relief did reach this district as all the roads were made at that time as is written in the Official Book Volume 1 Local Roads page.
    Any people that could went away to America at that time.
    Most of
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    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
    Kathleen Morris
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Ryan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Ballytramon, Co. Wexford