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School: Coillte Críotáin

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Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 365

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    2. There was an awful disease in this district namely the "Black Flu." It was about 1914, when the Great War was. When the people got this disease their skin turned black. In one house named Higgins three sisters and a brother died the one day and the father died a few days after. This disease lasted one year.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. plagues and epidemics (~104)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Toolin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltycreaghtan, Co. Roscommon