School: Coillte Craobhacha, Baile na Muc (roll number 15108)

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   The next day his hat was got in the fort,

   

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2. The Famine Times

   

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   There was a great Famine in the year '46-47 The people died in hundreds and were buried along the roads. One time they came into a house and ate dust that was taken out of oats and boiled for hens. There were crowds of them seen in fields eating weeds and

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Micheál Ó Criagain

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clooncose, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Brigid Harte

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clooncose, Co. Leitrim