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School: Coillte Críotáin

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Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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    3. The Great Famine began in 1846. It was caused by a failure of the potato crop. The potato was the chief food for the people.
    In this district they used to eat raw turnips, weeds, and dogs. They went through the fields and gathered the wild weeds. They boiled them with salt, and they lived on them without a potato to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Toolin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltycreaghtan, Co. Roscommon