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School: Baile an Mhuilinn

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Milltown, Co. Sligo
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Bean Uí Shigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 304

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    were raw turnips, nettles and other weeds. It was several years after the famine before the people settled down to work again and people still say that the periods of famine and distress were due to the failure of the potato crop.
    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
    Ada Shaw
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynagalliagh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr G. Shaw
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynagalliagh, Co. Sligo