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School: Arva (C.)

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Arvagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0984, Page 035

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    Ireland has often suffered cruel hardships but one which shall never be forgotten was the Great Famine of 1845 to 1847. The famine was caused by the failure of the potato crop. Potatoes were the chief food of the people and on them the Irish people depended for their bodily food. In 1845 the potato blight first appeared in Ireland. The people had no means of preventing the blight from spreading and in a short time it had spread over the whole of the country. Nowadays we bue[?]-stone to spray the potatoes with as a prevention against the blight.
    The famine greatly affected our district as most of the land was under
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    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
    Baby Tighe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Arvagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    E. J. Tighe
    Age
    61
    Occupation
    Banker
    Address
    Arvagh, Co. Cavan