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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Tulach

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Tulla, Co. Clare
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An tSr. Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0589, Page 207

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    A great famine occurred in Ireland in the beginning the year 1846 ,and it continued during 1846 and 1847 . The peoples potatoes blackened and it was called black '47 . A great many of them died in the roadsides and fields from hunger because they had nothing to eat. A story is told about a man who was found dead on the road to Ennis. The people held a postmortem on his remains and all the food they discovered in his stomach was one grain of wheat.
    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
    Proinséas Nich Eochaidhe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Clare