School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)

Location:
Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mrs Anna Ewing
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  1. In the time of the great famine in 1846 and 1847 the people had no preventative like now-a-days with which to spray their potatoes to keep away "blight". The "blight" came early that year and the frost came early too and it cut away all the potatoes. When the people went to dig their potatoes they had none to get and they had to live on porridge. Later on the government sent out Indian Meal as relief. Before the Famine they say their were eight million people in Ireland and there were only four and a half million
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Olive Hudson
    Gender
    Female