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

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 15_010

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  1. There was a famine in Ireland about 96 years ago. The people were very poor and the crops failed, because blight fell on them. There was a great population of people and they had not much food except the potatoes and yellow meal. All the potatoes failed only a stalk here and there which they had to keep for the next year. About half of the people got hunger and diseases and
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Rush Hill, Co. Mayo