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School: Rathmullan (roll number 14224)

Location:
Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1088, Page 119

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  1. Famine Times (1846-1847) (continued)

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    was not rightly distributed. Whole districts were left without any. The people of England sent large sums of money to feed the starving of Ireland. Money was also sent from other European countries and from America.
    The government started the making of roads which are called relief roads, to give employment to the Irish people. The roads which were made were useless at that time because they were not used much.
    Many Irish landlords were ruined as a result of the famine because they were not receiving any rent and could not pay their debts. Some of them gave all they had to help the starving people.
    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
    Monica Mc Mackin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Begley
    Gender
    Male