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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 277

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    which was divided among the poor people.
    There were about eight houses in the townland of Killatee, Cootehill, Co. Cavan in the famine times that are not to be seen now at all. The people that lived in them went to America and other countries.
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    The Great Famine which occured in eighteen forty six and eighteen forty seven was caused by the failure of the potato crops.
    In the famine times there lived a family in the townland of Killarue and they were very poor. They had only three acres of land and when the famine came they had nothing to eat. When the landlord
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Keenan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killatee, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Owen Keenan
    Address
    Killatee, Co. Cavan