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School: Liathdruim, Cill Mhichíl (roll number 4433)

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Leitrim, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Ó Conbhaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0601, Page 193

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    In the year 1847 there was a famine in the country. The potatoes all rotted in the heaps. There was plenty corn in the country but the people had to sell it to make the rent for the landlord. The following year the people had no seed potatoes to sow them, so England sent over potatoes but they were not much bigger than seeds of corn. The people shook them on the soil like you would sow corn and they had a great crop that year. Then a disease called "Cholera" set in amongst the people and
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kieran Lernihan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leitrim, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs J. Lernihan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leitrim, Co. Clare