School: Coillte Bó (roll number 15984)

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   Most of the old people have great stories about the famin in the year eighteen forty-six and eighteen forty seven. It affected the district very much. The district was thickly populated before the famin. People still points out sites of houses then occupied, and now in ruins. The potatoes failed at the time, because a great fall of blight came on them. The potatoes decayed in the ground. About a year afterwards the potato was brought from America. It was then sown like grain. The people used oaten meal and milk. the government relieved the people of this district. A great sickness followed the famine and people died in great numbers.

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Agnes Finn

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cuiltybo, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mrs Finn

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cuiltybo, Co. Mayo