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School: Baile an Churraigh

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Ballincurry, Co. Galway
Teacher:
A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 361

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    Famine Times
    When potatoes were dug, the good ones were picked up and the small ones and bad ones were kept for seed, and so yielded bad crops the following year.
    Indian meal was almost the only food obtainable, as there was no government relief given in this area. People died by fences and were left (unburied) there. This caused disease and fever.
    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
    A. Kelly
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mary K. Mee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway