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School: Templeglantine (B.) (roll number 2359)

Location:
Templeglentan, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Maitiú Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0492, Page 051

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    The great Irish famine occured in the years '46 and '47 caused by the blight that destroyed the potato crop in the summer of '45 and again in the summer of '46. As the Irish people unfortunately left themselves dependant for food upon the potato crop, the result of the potato crop was starvation among the people. Before that time the country was very thickly populated and so as the great
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Brosnacháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meenyline South, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Brosnahan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meenyline South, Co. Limerick