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

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 273

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    The famine times affected this district a good deal, as their Chief food was potatoes at that time. Some say it was a just visitation because a year of plenty came before it, and the grain crop was so fertile that there was wheat in abundance, and the people freelyl used wheaten flour. So they reflected very much on the potato-crop and were unwilling to eat them.
    When the blight came the stalks got quite black and the people knew nothing
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    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
    Julia Cronin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reaboy, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Julia Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry