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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 117

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    very large population in Ireland and more than half of them died during the time of the famine. In every field or along every road there would be people got dead or dying.
    The black '47 this year was called as it was the worst of the two.
    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
    Kathleen Mc Donald
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Michael Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullalougher, Co. Cavan