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School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

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Killacrim, Co. Kerry
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Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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    afterwards rotted in the pits. When this was going on the government decided to give work to the poor people and their pay was sixpence per day. They also gave yellow meal to the people to keep them from dying. When the people were sewing the potato seed the following year they only made a hole in the ground and put the seed into it and put the manure on top of the seed and closed the hole again. The following season for digging the potatoes they were as bad.
    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
    Pádraig Bairéad
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Barrett
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnaminsha, Co. Kerry