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Empty Cooking Pot
Nineteenth Century
When was the potato famine of the Great Hunger?
1880-1884
1845-1849
1855-1859
Where was this particular iron cooking pot found?
Killduff, Co. Limerick
Grillagh, Co. Limerick
Corelish East, Co. Limerick
How many people died?
Roughly 10,000 (ten thousand) people
Roughly 100,000 (one hundred thousand) people
Roughly 1,000,000 (one million) people