School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 130
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- A great epidemics visitied Inistioge about a hundred years ago, called the cholera. It was so severe that a great number died, and nearly all the people of Inistioge went across the river up to Kilcross and Oldcourt. A hospital was erected in a field up the mill road, now owned by my uncle. The people used to drop in the streets. They were four men appointed for taking the people up and burying them. There were one remarkable case. The four men were carrying a patient to the hospital. A man who was passing by asked them who had they. The answer(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philip Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- James O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- (continued from previous page)succeeded in saving some of the goods that was stored there and also some starch. The damages was estimated at £1,000.
