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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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  1. The Famine

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    In the years 1846 to 1847 there was a famine. The landlord came around and drove the people out of their homes because they were not able to pay their rents. Many thousands of people were dying out by the side of the ditches with the hunger.
    The year before the famine there was a great supply of potatoes and they were throwing them out by the side of ditches. In the next
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo