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School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)

Location:
Rathdowney, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Peter Hegarty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 330

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    In the year 1846 there was a great famine in Ireland. It caused a lot of damage around this district.
    People died in thousands, some from hunger, some from bad food and others from a plague that set in. When the people died of the plague their houses were knocked down on them because if anyone touched the body they would take the plague also.
    There was a rich man who lived in Ballybrophy a place about five miles North-East of Rathdowney and who had a field of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P.J. Cummins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathdowney, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80