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School: An Clochar, Ceann Tuirc (roll number 10232)

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Kanturk, Co. Cork
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An tSr. Berchmans
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0354, Page 234

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    number. The population was very great at the time and numbers had to emigrate by any means in order to escape the misery. All this was brought about by the English Government as they kept our people in bondage and starvation.
    The English land owners made the people poor by compelling them to pay more rent than they were able, and in doing this were taking the money that the poor people needed to feed themselves.
    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 Linehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kanturk, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr D. Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kanturk, Co. Cork