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School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)

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Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 289

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  1. Famine (continued)

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    food for the people. This meal came from America.
    When the people used to eat a piece of oatmeal cake they used to faint when they would have it eaten. The work in the roads relieved the famine. Five were found dead about a mile from the town of Miltown in the Ballard road.
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  2. The Famine

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    In the famine year the Atlantic Hotel in Spanish Point was full of poor people who were called paupers; also Aranview in Fintra was full of them.
    There was a fever Hospital in Parknalassa in the Mullagh road in Miltown Malbay where Mr. Hanrahan now lives.
    The people were dying so
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Morrissey
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Morrissey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Breaffy North, Co. Clare