School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

Location:
Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 297

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  1. The great famine was in the year 1849 - 47. It was called the black forty-six, and black forty-seven. The people had no food to eat, and all they could eat was oaten meal porridge. The people were very weak in that time and hundreds of them died with the hunger.
    There was
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newcastle, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newcastle, Co. Meath