School: Imleach Neachtain (roll number 11983)
- Location:
- Emlaghnaghtan, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Casaide
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0348
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- In November 1918 a terrible epidemic overtook this country. People say around here that from the huge amount of corpses that were in France and other foreign countries during the great war a disease arose. The epidemic was called "the big flu" and a person was attacked by the germ immediately. Some people bled profusely from the nose, and others took pains in their bones and heads.
It lasted seven months from November 1918 until May 1919. When it came to the country the people did not know what it was. They paid no heed to it until it got a hold of them and then they were not able to resist it.
There were no doctors in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Scanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cluid, Co. Sligo
