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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Thurles (roll number 4068)

Location:
Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 299

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    had to sell the corn to get money to pay the landlords.
    In the middle of the Summer 1,845 they noticed something wrong with the potatoes. The leaves were all withered and it was a "blight." Hunger came on the poeple and they had nothing to eat. Their story was nevr as bad as this time.
    The poor people were found dead on the side of the road and in the fields. Hundreds of poor people went into the "Poor houses". One thousand of them went to America and another million died. There was food sent from the lands across the sea to the people in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Manton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moyneard, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Peggy Manton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moyneard, Co. Tipperary