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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Thurles (roll number 4068)

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Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 304

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    It happened year after year so that the people were starving. Most of them went to the poor houses. Som of the families went inside there homes and shut the door and died there together. After a while the people sowed wheat but they had to sell it in other countries to get money to pay the Landlords.
    There was men who were called “soupers” and they went around, went around every day with soup to the people who would turn Protestants.
    Written by, Sally O’Toole,
    24 Sarsfield Street,
    Thurles.
    Told by Mr. O’Toole.
    Do.
    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
    Sally O' Toole
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sarsfield Street, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr O' Toole
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sarsfield Street, Co. Tipperary