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School: An Clochar, Roscrea

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Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
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An Mháthair M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 155

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  1. The Cholera

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    Mr. Tierney, Grove St., Roscrea gave me the following account of the cholera in Roscrea.
    He said that some years after the famine the potatoe blight appeared again. He remembered to see three men digging in a garden all day and they only got one basketful of potatoes and most of those were black. "They would run from Roscrea to the Monastery if they saw a white potato in a ridge".
    A cargo of wheat was sent from America to Ireland but it was sunk outside Cork .
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    So as not to
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    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
    Philomena Tobin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Parkmore, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Tierney
    Gender
    Male