School: Baile Ruadh (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Ballyroe, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhearghail
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- The great Irish famine occurred in the year 1841-46 caused by the blight that destroyed the potato-crop in the summer of 18454 -46
The Irish people left themselves depending for food upon the potato-crop , the result of the potato failure caused starvation among them . About one million of them are estimated to have died of hunger and hundreds are thought to have emigrated from Ireland to Canada, United States, and England .
In my district alone there(continues on next page)- Collector
- Aine Ní Mistéal
- Other names
- Aine Ní Mistéal
- Annie Mitchell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Williamstown, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Pádhráigh Ó Mistéal
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 48
- Address
- Kilbeg, Co. Galway