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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 075

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    Black '46 and 47' are years that stand out in the history of our race for in those times the people suffered in such a way that words fail to describe their condition.
    Probably since the introduction of the potato crop into Ireland the people of this country came to rely more and more on it as their staple crop.
    Exportation and importation was not the rule of the day then so that when the crops failed starvation stared them in the face.
    Thousands died through want and exposure so that the country became a charnel house.
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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
    Margaret Monaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Runnabackan, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Monaghan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Runnabackan, Co. Roscommon