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School: Headfort

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Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Miss J.E. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 106

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    The district was well populated during the famine but it is not well populated nowadays.
    There are many houses now in ruins which were used in the famine times. The potatoes decayed in the ground.
    After the famine the people got oats and potatoes from Scotland and Indian meal from England. People died in thousands.
    There was an old hospital on the Cavan and Dublin road. There are sheds built outside the hospital and they were filled with dead bodies.
    Iron vats were at Virginia, Ballyjamesduff, Knocktemple, Killenkere and at Mr. R. Jameson's Billis.
    Some of the people ate raw turnips and grass.
    The shopkeepsrs put sand and
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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
    Louis Mc Quade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan