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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 351

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  1. The Famine Years (continued)

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    Thousands of people died of starvation all over the country - raw turnips, weeds and sea weeds were eaten. When the summer of eighteen forty six came all Ireland waited with anxious hearts to see would the new crop save them, but the blight appeared again and the crop was ruined.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret T. Lyons
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs. Lyons
    Gender
    Female