Scoil: Drumgossatt (C.)
- Suíomh:
- Droim Guasachta, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Múinteoir: Áine Nic Ghráinne
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- XML Scoil: Drumgossatt (C.)
- XML Leathanach 115
- XML “The Famine”
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Ar an leathanach seo
- The great famine was one of the most terrible events, and was caused directly by a failure of the potato crop. It is said that nearly 400,00 people died when the crop failed. Between 1800 and 1845 there were potato famines in several districts, but the famine which began in 1845 was far worse than any of these. In that year potato blight appeared in Ireland for the first time. It spread quickly and they failed all over the country.
Thousands of people died of sickness and starvation. Raw turnips and sea weeds were commonly eaten. They used to go through the fields gathering the wild weeds. They would then boil them with salt and live on them without a potato to eat with them. Before the(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)