School: Knockjames

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Knockjames, Co. Clare
Teacher:
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    The great famine
    2th December 1937
    The great famine was in 1847.The chief food the people had was the potatoes and they blac-kened 1847.People were found dead on the side of the road with the hunger.There was a man called Capton Moloney.he would kill cat-
    tle and envited people to drink the soup the soup lent on them and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donal O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryulk Middle, Co. Clare