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School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0059

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    Famine James
    The year before the famine of '46 and '47 the potato crop was abundant. They were so plentiful that the people did not half cover them from the frost or snow.
    The year after that the famine came. The blight came on the potato crop in this district and the people had nothing to eat. The people got meal from the Government in some places but they got very little help in this district.
    A great number of the people of this district died. There are the ruins of five houses in Lenafin in which there were families living and who died during the famine. More of the people of this district went to live in other parts of the country where the food was plentiful.
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    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
    Patrick Dillon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway
    Informant
    William Dillon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway