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School: Carrickallen

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 164

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    The principal cause of the plague was starvation.
    Between the Famine and the plague the population was reduced to half and of what remained some emigrated to America.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. an gorta mór (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paud O' Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrickallen, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Tom Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Carraig an Chromáin, Co. an Chabháin