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School: Malahide (B.)

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Malahide, Co. Dublin
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M. Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 149

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    In the years 1846 and '47 the farmers of Ireland had no potatoes. The blight destroyed the potatoes and then people had to sell their corn to pay the high rents to the landlords. People more comfortable than others set up what was called "stirabout houses". The stirabout was made very solid and could be cut in squares and sold to people who walked miles for it. Everybody
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christy Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Swords Road, Co. Dublin