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1. Famine Times

   

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   Before the famine times the population of districts increased enormously, but the people were always poor, and the people had nothing to eat only potatoes. Some time after the potatoe crop failed and the people were left to starve with hunger. It lasted two years and nearly the half of the people of every district died. Some of the people emigrated ro other countries. There are fewer houses in the townland of Curracleanie now in ruins were said were said to be occupied in the famine times. There was no such things as spraying machines to spray the potatoes and the blight was never known to come. When it came it destroyed the crops and the potatoes decayed in the ground.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Emily Montgomery

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Gracella Montgomery

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   80

   Address

   Drumbeagh, Co. Cavan

2. Famine Times

   

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   There was a famine in 1846. The district was thickly populated before the time There were twice as many houses in a townland as here are now. The blight

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