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

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Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 307

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    on the potatoes and they had only milk. The people were dying of hunger. It was often a family died one after another. There were many families buried in the same grave. Then after a long time they got food from the English.
    Written by, Pattie Loughnane,
    Broke Stret,
    Thurles.
    Told by, Mrs Loughnane,
    Do.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    9. The famine time in Ireland was awful, people were dying on the road-side and starving of the hunger. It was no surprise for people to shut the doors of their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanespark, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs James Russell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanespark, Co. Tipperary