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    The Famine.
    21 th February 1938.
    The Famine began in 1845.it was caused by a failure of the potato crop.The poor people were starving with the hunger.Thousands died of sickness and starvation.Raw turnips and sea-weed were their cheef food.The next year 1846-7 was far more terrible than the last .Roads and towns were full with dead and dying.Many
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs James Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilduff Lower, Co. Clare