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Emigrant’sTeapot
Late Nineteenth to Mid-Twentieth Century
Where was this teapot made?
Lettermullan, Co. Galway
Oranmore, Co. Galway
Tuam, Co. Galway
How many people emigrated during the decade of the Great Famine?
1.5 million
2.1 million
340,000
Even after the first wave of refugee migrants, the Irish people continued to leave. Which one of the below was not a contributing factor towards this?
Hunger
The pull of industrial life
Poverty