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School: Gráig (2) (roll number 3402)

Location:
Graigueadrisly, Co. Laois
Teacher:
M. Ní Laighean
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0829, Page 167

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    There was a famine in the years 1846 and 1847. At that time the country was thickly populated. The old people can point out the sites of little houses of that time which are now gone.
    During that year the potato crop failed owing to the blight. Most of the people at that time were only tenants on the ground, because their farms had been taken from them by the English landlords.
    After the famine sickness came. Some whole families
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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
    Nora Phelan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kyle, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr Phelan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Kyle, Co. Laois