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School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

Location:
Kanturk, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 602

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  1. Local Happenings (continued)

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    He had a lucky escape, but his wife Mrs. Cronin, and his assistant, Miss Nora MacCarthy were burned to death.
    In the year 1918 an epidemic of influenza visited Ireland. It lasted six weeks. There was an average of seven deaths a week in Kanturk. There was a man of the name of Frank MacMahon killed in the Kanturk Creamery in the year 1915. He was caught in a belt, and crushed to death.
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  2. Severe Weather

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    About thirty five years ago there was damage caused at my father's house, at Paal West, Kanturk, Co. Cork.
    The people of the house were sitting on chairs around the fire on a winters evening, when lightning
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Thornton
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Nora Thornton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Paal West, Co. Cork