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 | If there was the slightest crop failure in the West of Ireland, smallholders would be unable to live on what they grow. In the Spring, they plant potatoes, cut turf and go to Scotland to earn money. In the autumn they return home to gather their crops, and stack their turf. They then spend the winter in miserable hovels without any work. Report on Rural Distress, 1881 
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