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School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

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Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher
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  1. The Great Famine (continued)

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    themselves, Day and Night.
    When the year 1845 went the people got from the North of Ireland potato seed which were called Champions, they were very nice to eat but they had only a very small quantity of them.
    3.
    The English Government gave them no help only tried to crush them every way they they could, they turned them out of their homes and lands. In those times they used to sleep by the ditches, roads and on the fields, and they would also sleep in old stalls, they were so weak with hunger and thirst that they would work for one penny or two pennies a day.
    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
    Mary Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Riverstick, Co. Cork
    Informant
    James Walsh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Riverstick, Co. Cork