School: Knockminna (roll number 12720)
- Location:
- Knockmoynagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Máire Ní Scannláin
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- People were dying in hundreds and nearly all Ballisodare population was wiped out. Sligo hospital was packed and so many died that they had to dig large graves and bury numbers therein without coffins.Cure
Large vats full of strong hot lime mixture were obtained. When people felt cholera coming, they went into one of these large vats and were cured.- Informant
- Mr James Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymote, Co. Sligo