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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0708, Page 187

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  1. The Great Famine (continued)

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    The people packed in to it in great numbers, so he gave some of them poison to get rid of them. After a while when the English saw the way that the people were dying, they sent over some money. There was a road made then by the people called the New line; men, wemon and children were making it; the payment they got was twopence a day. The wemon used to carry stones in their aprons. When they had it half finished the money was all gone, and the people had no means of living when they had no work. The landlords hunted the people out of their houses if they did not pay the rent. When the people were hunted out of their houses the stones of the houses were made walls of and some of the stones are black yet that are in the walls.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Duignan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Robertstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Paddy Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Robertstown, Co. Meath