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School: Athboy (C.)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
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Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 166

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    populated before hand. The crop of potatoes the year before the famine was very good.The farmers used to throw them along the road coming home because they could not get sale for them. The potatoes rotted in the ground before dug.
    The government supplied some seed for the following year and the people themselves saved some. They were planted with a spade in ridges and laid on rows on the ridges.
    During the time of the famine hundreds
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    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
    Teresa O' Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick O' Callaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath