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School: Cor na Fola (C.) (roll number 3604)

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Cornafulla, Co. Roscommon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271, Page 083

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    There are very few old people that know any stories about the famine as it is a long time since it happened.
    The famine destroyed all the potato crop and the people died of hunger and starvation as the potato was their chief food at that time. The people used to eat nettles and raw turnips and they also used to make Brann-Brith that was something made from nettles and Indian meal.
    The people were dying by the sides of the road.
    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
    Maisie Grenham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornafulla, Co. Roscommon