School: Ardfinnan (B.), Cahir (roll number 16077)

Location:
Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
W. J. Nugent
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  1. The first potato blight came in 1846. The people had plenty of wheat but they had to sell it to pay the large rents of that time. There was foreign corn coming into Ireland, but the English Government stopped it. People ate raw turnips and weeds.
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  2. The townland of Kilaidmee was very thickly populated before the famine, and people can still point out houses that are in ruins and were occupied before it.
    A fog came in from the ocean in August, and blighted the stalks, causing to blacken and rot, it spread quickly, and the whole crop was ruined.
    The people used Indian-meal, and
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Killaidamee, Co. Tipperary