School: Kilmyshal (roll number 14777)

Location:
Kilmyshall, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
E. Mac Niocláis
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  1. The year before the famine the potatoes were so plentyful that they did not care anything about them. They let them go bad in the pits and in the ditches. The following year was the year of the famine and the potato blight set in early. A lot of people died and any of them that were able to get to
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Peter Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonyburn, Co. Wexford