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School: An Clochán (C.)

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Cloghan, Co. Offaly
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Mairéad, Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0815, Page 057

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  1. The Irish Famine of 1847 (continued)

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    90 per cent of the tubers blackened and were unfit for human food. At that time three fourths of the Irish people depended on the potato for support. Therefore when this crop failed they were in a terrible plight. There was plenty of grain in the country which would have saved the people from starvation but this had to be sold to meet the pressing demands of the rack-renting landlords. As the little food which was in the country became exhausted thousands of the people died of starvation in their
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Leonard
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Galros, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr James Leonard
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galros, Co. Offaly