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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 244

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    The famine came to Ireland about ninety years ago. There were porridge houses. The people went to them for a tin of porridge.
    The potatoes failed with the blight. The blight came for the first time to Ireland. Potatoes were the people chief food. When they failed the people had to eat boiled weed and new turnips. The roads were black with dying people.
    There was a man with a horse and card for taking the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Farmer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs Beagon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Tonagh, Co. Monaghan