School: Kiffa
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- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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At this time many people were emigrating to America, but many of them did not reach its shores as many of them died of famine fever on their way over. - There was once a great potato famine in Ireland in 1846 to 1847.
The famine was the cause of reducing the population of Ireland very much. Because the people of Ireland lived chiefly on potatoes as their food. At that time all wheat going into(continues on next page)