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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 129

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    The year 1847 is known as "Black 47" because that was the year of the Great Famine in Ireland. The cause of the famine was the failure in the potato crop which was almost their only food except milk.
    In the beginning of the year 1846 the people noticed on the stalks of the potatoes a strange disease which they had never seen before but the next year it was still worse. In
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Patrick Sheehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry