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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 063

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    the people were a self supporting race and they were not as enlightened in exporting and importing as the people of the present day,
    This certain year the potato crop - their staple food - failed and the result was that hundreds died from starvation while others were compelled to immigrate.
    Many of these who went in exile died from a very contagious disease known as cholera and the rest scattered in
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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
    Teeny Hayden
    Gender
    Female