School: Caladh (B.) (roll number 11920)

Location:
Callow, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126F, Page 07_010

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  1. In the year 1847 the potato-crop failed on the people. They were only as big as marbles. The people had no food because it was the potatoes they had for their breakfast dinner and supper. They were dying of hunger on the road-side.
    Then they began to get relief which was
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rinbrack, Co. Mayo