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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Leighlinn an Droichid

Location:
Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Sr Rosario
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0906, Page 097

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  1. Local Happenings - The Cholera

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    Local Happenings,
    The Cholera.
    In the 18th Century this terrible epidemic came to Leighlin. It was caused by the want of good food. Death was caused by choking, and they turned black when dying. The men were free from disease carried them to a lane about two miles from Leighlin. Some of them were not dead, and they did not want to go there, but the men's answers were, "We have orders to put you down and down you must go". There is a lane there now which is
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. plagues and epidemics (~104)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Úna Ní Dhubhshláine
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tomard Lower, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Mrs Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tomard Lower, Co. Carlow