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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0373

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  1. The Great Famine

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    1. The famine started about 1847, and it lasted about two years. It was a great trial to everyone.
    2. Hundreds of people sarved around here. Some people around here had to sell their own clothes to buy food.
    3. When people thought they were dying they used to go to the grave-yard above in Lackin and die there. Why they did this is if people saw them they would bring them in and bury them.
    4. The government distributed food then, but a great number of men woman and children had died. It was the English government we had at that time.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thérèse Holohan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Abbey, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Nevin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Abbey, Co. Galway