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School: Kilgobnet

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Kilgobnet, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Cinneide; Ellen Foley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0471, Page 374

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  1. The Bad Times

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    The people in this district suffered severly in the bad times. A great number of people died of starvation. There were a great number of people in the district before the famine
    The blight came on while the potatoes were growing. At that time the people had no food but potatoes. At that time the potatoes were sown in ridges. The people ate all sorts of decayed things. But they got meal from the Government called "Charity meal." Some farmers left their fields of turnips growing from for the starving people to eat.
    When the people died they were found lying near the ditches with grass in their mouths. Some people died of hunger and others died (d) of fever and other diseases
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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
    Margaret Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Doyle
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcoolaght East, Co. Kerry