School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- About ninety years ago there came a great famine in Ireland. The crops all failed. The potato crop was blighted and a lot of people died with hunger. They had no food and it was very hard for them to live. The people died on the side of the roads and everywhere with hunger.
The poor farmers were badly hit as they had no money(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 32
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo