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School: Lowtown (B.), Galbally

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Galbally, Co. Limerick
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Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 133

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  1. The Famine

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    There was a great famine all over Ireland in the year 1847. It affected this district greatly.
    The chief causes that led to the famine were (1) the potato crop failed and (2) hundreds of cows died.
    For many years before the famine the people depended greatly on the potato-crop for food and it never failed to give them sufficient.
    This district was thickly populated before the famine.
    People lived then in houses that are now in ruins.
    In the year 1847 the potato crop failed and the people had scarcely anything to eat but cattle and grass. They drew
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Mac Gearailt
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Fitzgerald
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Limerick