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School: Moyrhee, Ruan

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Moyree Commons, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Laoise de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0613, Page 286

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  1. An Drochshaol

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    The famine began in the year 1847 and during this time everyone was in want of food. The potato crop failed. A lot of the people of this townland died of hunger. The strongest man in Clare or Galway died of hunger on the side of the road. He was a man named Mc mahan. A lot of the people that died during the famine were buried in the Coi"ll" a graveyard near here.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Considine
    Gender
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    Moyree Commons, Co. Clare

  2. An Drochshaol

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    In the year 1847 there was a great faminre in Ireland and the potatoes failed and a lot of people died of hunger and their people were two poor to buy a coffin and they used to make a mat of straw and twist it around their body and any of the people
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