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School: Oldcastle (C.) (roll number 12489)

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Oldcastle, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire D. Ní Nialláin
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  1. The Famine

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    November 1938.
    The famine was the chief cause of the reduction of the Population of County Meath. During these years people left County Meath abandoning their property and flying to places over the sea. Many of those who were unable to get away died in their hundreds for want of food. The chief cause was the failure of the potato crop upon which the bulk of the Irish people depended for their subsistence. About
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Peter Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Fennor Lower, Co. Meath