School: An Sciobairín

Location:
Skibbereen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cuileanáin
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  1. Our ancestors suffered very much during the "Great Famine". Never had the Irish people suffered as much until the crops of potatoes failed and then they died in thousands.
    In my grandfather's land in Derrygrenaugh to the east of Bantry there is a big hole surrounded by a wall 30 yards in circumference, one yard high, and it is supposed to have been 100 feet deep the first day. But after several hundred people including three priests.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philip O' Neill
    Gender
    Male