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School: Breac-Cluain (roll number 4796)

Location:
Brackloon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138, Page 457

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    The Great Famine did not affect this district very much. It was not thickly populated. There were a few houses then occupied but are now in ruins. The blight fell on the potato crop, and they all failed, and rotted afterwards in the pits. The people had to live on cabbage, turnips and other vegetables, and also, frogs, snails, cattle, and sea-weed.
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    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
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