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School: Glascorn (roll number 16615)

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Glascarn, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs Hope
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 240

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    to eat. They often stole sheep out of their neighbours' fields and buried them in the bog for fear the owners would catch them with the sheep. When night-time came they dug them up and ate them raw. They could not wait to cook them they were so hungry. There is no trace of any of there houses now as most of them were only build of clay and scraws.
    The year before the Famine the people had such an immense crop of potatoes that threw them in loads in the ditches because they had no use for them. But the following year they had no crop at all and the potatoes from the previous year had decayed. Seed potatoes had to be imported from Scotland after the Famine.
    The Government Relief was distributed at Churchtown Cross-roads and at Rathconrath. Three quarters
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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
    Informant
    Michael Geoghegan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Westmeath