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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 303

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    poor people, but they only got small quantities and they suffered terribly from starvation.
    Great sickness followed the hunger and a great number of people died with "Black Fever". The people were left unburied under ditches and hedges until the wild animals came along and eat them. Most of the people talk of those terrible years when the people died with hunger. The old people say there was no other Famine due to anything since 1846 and 1847.
    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
    Maureen Mc Keon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreenaseer, Co. Roscommon