School: Cill Mhíde (C.), Caisleán Nua (roll number 7959)

Location:
Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Bhraonáin
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  1. Typhoid fever broke out in the parishes of Kilmeedy and Feenagh about forty years ago. It was of a very bad kind and was supposed to be a foreign fever brought home from India by a soldier. Most of the patients went to hospital and two died in some families. It was impossible to cure it because when the patient got nourishment the germs were nourished as well. It was very infectious especially in low lying districts.
    The story was told to me by my mother.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kelleher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pallas, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Kelleher
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Pallas, Co. Limerick