School: Derryvoney

Location:
Derryvony, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 106

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    were twelve children and a woman lost.
    Fires. There was a fire in our District and there were many lives lost in it and this is how it started. There was a man smoking a fag and he let the fag fall and it caught light.
    The Plague. Long ago there was a plague called the yellow fever and many people died from this plague.
    A Snow Fall. There was a very heavy snow fall in the year 1918 and the snow was 10 feet deep and there were many lives lost.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. fires (~306)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryvony, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    J. W. Morton
    Address
    Derryvony, Co. Cavan