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School: Druim na hAdhairce (roll number 14379)

Location:
Drumnaheark East, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Robhartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1037, Page 38

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1037, Page 38

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  1. Famine (continued)

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    with hunger and with fever. A broad road was made from Donegal to Suhal. The men were getting sixpence a day. The government helped the people.
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  2. The Famine Years

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    The famine years were not bad. The blight came on the potatoes and on that account the potatoes rotted. There were more people in the country than there is now. The potatoes rotted in the ground. A number of people died, some of them died of hunger and some of them died of fever. A pot of porridge used to be boiled at the Roose Bridge. The people used to come with cans for the porridge. This used to feed themselves and their children. They people used to gather the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Letterbarra, Co. Donegal