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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 06_019

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  1. The Famine

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    A great famine came in Ireland about ninety years ago. It was called the black famine. All the crops in Ireland failed, the corn died in the ground and the potato crop got blighted.
    The poor people died for the want of food to eat. They had no money to buy food stuff and would not get it from the shopkeepers when they could not pay for it. The poor people died on the roadside.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    32
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo