School: Caladh (B.) (roll number 11920)
- Location:
- Callow, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Ciaráin
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- In the year 1847 the potato-crop failed on the people. They were only as big as marbles. The people had no food because it was the potatoes they had for their breakfast dinner and supper. They were dying of hunger on the road-side.
Then they began to get relief which was(continues on next page)- Collector
- Anthony Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rinbrack, Co. Mayo