School: Colthurst, An Bhlárna (roll number 6717)

Location:
Blarney, Co. Cork
Teacher:
S. Ó Laoghaire
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    At first the Doctors did not know what the disease was, but after a few deaths they discovered that it was influenza. My mother's father and mother, and her sister, died within a fortnight. My father's father also died of the same disease.
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  2. The Doctor, during the epidemic, allowed no one to enter any infected house as the influenza was very contagious, but the neighbours had to come to the Fosters' house to nurse them because the whole family were "down", and two women - the only two allowed to enter - caught the disease and died within three days of one another

    John Horgan,
    7 Shamrock Tce.

    Author
    Mr D. Dooling, (70 yrs)
    7 Waterloo Rd.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Horgan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Blarney, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr D. Dooling
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Blarney, Co. Cork