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

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Thurles, Co. Tipperary
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    the potatoes they found that they were rotten. There were no potatoes in the country that year. The potatoes were the main food of the people, they lived on them. Some of the people went to America. They sent oats and wheat to foreign countries to get the money to pay the rent.
    Written by,
    Eileen McCarthy,
    Lanespark,
    Ballynonty,
    Thurles,
    Co.Tipperary.
    Told by,
    Mrs James Russell,
    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
    Eileen Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanespark, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs James Russell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanespark, Co. Tipperary