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School: Cruimghlinn (roll number 15967)

Location:
Cromghlinn, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Conchobhair
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  1. The Black 47

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    About ninety years ago there was a great famine all over Ireland. All the crops failed, the people had no food to eat, and they were dying of hunger.
    They had to boil nettles and eat them. Some of them, had food stored up for their own use. They used to have it hidden in the bogs, for fear the hungry people would get it on them.
    About ten or twelve people used to be buried every day. They used to carry them to the grave on a door, and put them in the
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    Topics
    1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. an gorta mór (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Timlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tamhnaigh Chon Duibh, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Mrs M Timlin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tamhnaigh Chon Duibh, Co. Mhaigh Eo