School: Knockjames
- Location:
- Knockjames, Co. Clare
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590C, Page 10_027
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- Famine times
21 February 1937
The Famine was in the years eighteen forthy six and eighteen forthy seven. The people died with the hunger the chief food they had was the potatoes and they blackened. The people died on the side with of the road with the hungar. Some of them were buried in Vaughans coill in Ardboula. Their graves are to be seen(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Donal O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryulk Middle, Co. Clare
