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School: Glassalts (roll number 1239)

Location:
Glasalt or Treanfasy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. P. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 141

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    animals to strengthen them.
    Many a poor person was found lying on the road-side dying with hunger and no one to help them: The (Ever since) famine lasted a full year and at the end of that time there wasn't many people left in the country. Ever since that the farmers spray their potatoes in case that the blight would come around again.
    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
    Mary E. Hartin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Collin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Gillespie
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Collin, Co. Donegal