Scoil: Glascorn (uimhir rolla 16615)

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1. Famine Times (ar lean)

   

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   to America when food became scarce. The ruins of their old houses are still to be seen.

   The first sign of the blight the people noticed was brown spots on the stalks. Then the stalks withered and the potatoes decayed in the ground. After the Famine seed-potatoes were imported from Scotland for the following year. That year the potatoes were sown in ridges.

   Instead of potatoes the people ate Indian meal and vegetables and they used to hunt for rabbits and hares. They also boiled nettles and ate them. But the poor people had nothing at all to eat when the potatoes failed and they went from house to house begging. Government Relief came to Rathconrath and Loughnavalley. This consisted of a pound of Indian meal to each (one) person every day. Very often the people boiled and ate the

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   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Topaicí

   1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
         1. an gorta mór (~4,013)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   Joseph Reilly

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   65

   Gairm bheatha

   Farmer (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Seoladh

   Balleagny, Co. na hIarmhí