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School: Athboy (C.)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
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Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 141

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    The famine 1846-47 effected this district very much. The year before it there was a great crop of potatoes the farmers used to bring in carts of potatoes every day to the town and if they could not get sale for them they used to throw them into a ditch of water when they used to be going home. But the next year the potatoes were bad and all the crops and the people were starving.
    Every day during this time there used to be porriage given in the Market House to all the people and they used to go in crowds to get some. There were two big boilers boiled every day and each person
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mamie Rispin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mr Rispin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath