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School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)

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Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 356

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    There were people in Cappa, Dunmore in the time of the famine. The potatoes did not grow and some of the people around her went to England and America. There are three old ruins of houses in Cappa. The three houses are knocked and the families are in America. People ate bread instead of potatoes and next year they ploughed up the land to get some potatoes. The roads were made around. People died both of hunger and plague.
    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
    Paddy Coleman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Peter Tierney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Galway