School: Tisrara (C.) (roll number 14930)
- Location:
- Four Roads, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhlaithbheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 412
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- (continued from previous page)ever so much more thickly populated than it is at present.It was then worst period ever known in Ireland.
- The district was thickly populated before the famine. People still point out sites of houses. The great famine was caused by the failure of crops.
The people were so poor that they depended for food on the potatoes.
This failure was caused by a blight which came over the land. The potatoes rotted in the ground. The people had no food and no potatoes to sell for money. The corn was sent to places that were rich enough to buy it. The people died in millions. The government gave seed potatoes at a low price through the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Mee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowntemple, Co. Roscommon
