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School: Dunlavin (B.)

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Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
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Mícheál Ó Gogáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 090

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    the people of the time of the famine but I do not know any of their names.
    The young people went away to foreign countries after the famine.
    The potatoes began to decay in the ground but most of them decayed in the pits.
    The people had to eat any animals they could find. A sickness of fever followed the famine which was caused by the dead bodies
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christopher O' Toole
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathbawn, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr J. Casen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow