School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)

Location:
Dysart, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Ailpín
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  1. XML School: Díseart, Droichead Átha
  2. XML Page 147
  3. XML “A Great Disaster”
  4. XML “The Big Storm”
  5. XML “The Famine”

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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    N. Butterly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Thornogs, Co. Louth
  2. The cause of the famine in Ireland long ago was the failure of the potato crop. The people long ago lived mostly on potatoes and porridge.
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