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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile an Gharrdha

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Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr M. Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 201

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    The Famine effected the district very much. The district was very populated at that time. Knockfierna was the most thickly populated place in the district but there is now only the ruins of many of the houses to be seen. The year of the famine the potato crop failed. The stalks withered and burned and that was how the people knew the blight was coming on the potatoes In the ground the potatoes decayed and blackened. They were sown by making a hole in the surface and put the sgiolán into the hole and then covered them. The
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hanna Mc Enery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Caherhenesy, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Cann
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    77
    Address
    Caherhenesy, Co. Limerick