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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inistíomáin (roll number 16359)

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Ennistimon, Co. Clare
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    In the years 1848 and 1849, there was a great Famine in Ireland. The people had no food to eat except turnips and boiled nettles. Any person that had potatoes to eat and milk to drink was very lucky. Some of the people that died during that time, in Clare, are buried in a field in Calura, Ennistymon. They were buried with straw wrapped around them. During those years the women had to break stones and bring them home in their aprons.
    Bridie Vaughan,
    Main St.,
    Ennistymon,
    Co. Clare.
    An duine thug an t-eolas dom.
    Martin Morgan,
    Main St.,
    Ennistymon,
    Co. Clare.
    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
    Bridie Vaughan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ennistimon, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Martin Morgan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ennistimon, Co. Clare