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School: Liathdruim (roll number 1125)

Location:
Leitrim, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Francis Meehan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 483

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  1. Famine Times

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    There are a few old persons in this locality who can recall many of the facts which they heard from their parents about the Great Famine of 1846 to 1848. This famine was caused by the almost complete failure of the potato crop. Blight set on in June 1846 and almost the entire crop rotted in the ground.
    At that period the potato was the principal food of the country people, and as the country was then far more thickly populated than it is today, the poor people of Leitrim and North Roscommon were faced with starvation. There is a full
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Easdley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullylannan, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Mary Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leitrim, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Muriel Benison
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Charles Taylor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Leitrim, Co. Leitrim