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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 308

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    houses and lie down and die. This was caused by the failure of the potatoes. In the year 1847 people had had a good crop of potatoes sown. When the potatoes were fully grown and the leaves were nice and green people thought that they would have the best crop they ever had, but instead about a month before they were going to dig them. The people noticed a black spot on the leaves, they did not mind it as they said that would happen if they had lighted a fire the night before.
    When they dug
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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
    Eileen Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanespark, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs James Russell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanespark, Co. Tipperary