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School: Ceapach na bhFaoiteach (C.) Toem (roll number 14792)

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Cappagh White, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0542, Page 215

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    In the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight a great famine broke out all over the country. The people had great numbers of potatoes in pits but they did not care them and when they went to the pits all the potatoes were bad.
    The famine held for three years. It affected the district very much a lot of people died with the hunger. The district was thickly populated before that time.
    The people used Indian meal instead of the potatoes. Sickness did not follow the hunger. Food was so scarce that the people were glad to have a pot of turnips for their breakfast. The potatoes decayed in the pits
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Greenfield, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Maura E. Conway
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Moanvaun, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs E. Fahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moanvaun, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs M. Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Tipperary Road, Co. Tipperary