School: Kilmyshal (roll number 14777)
- Location:
- Kilmyshall, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: E. Mac Niocláis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0891, Page 258
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- (continued from previous page)fever. The names of some of the families that lived in the houses are Doyle's, Kenny's, Murphy's.
- The famine was in the year 1846-1847 caused by a very bad potato crop. The potatoes got very black in the ground so the people had no food. Some people got a disease called "The Black Fever" and died with it. When they got this disease they got very black and died in three days. They used to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Peter Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Boolynavoughran, Co. Wexford
