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School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

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Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 05_014

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    There was a great famine here in 1847. It started on the fourth of June. The blight came on the potatoes and them growing. It was too late to plant any more that year. The potatoes were the most thing that the people had to depend on.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. an gorta mór (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Domhnaill Ó Toláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Maigh Dabhcha, Co. Dhún na nGall