School: Naomh Ceitheach, Runnamoat (roll number 8499)

Location:
Runnamoat, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Gráinne, Bean Uí Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 062

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 062

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  1. The famine was a calamity which visited the people of Ireland in the year 1847.
    A few aged people still survive that witnessed the destruction and histories contain the event also so that its memory may never be forgotten by the generations to come.
    At that time
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teeny Hayden
    Gender
    Female