School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Mhácháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 371
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- (continued from previous page)rooms were burned. The house was well furnished and it was all destroyed. There were no lives in danger or lost as there was no one in the house at the time, but the owner was seen leaving it about a quarter of an hour before.
Another house which belonged to Mary Maye, Kildalkey, Athboy was burned. There was nobody living in the house at the time, and it is not known what caused it.
A few years ago a great many sheep died with the fluke. It was caused by a wet season and in lowlying land most sheep died.
A terrible plague called the foot-and-mouth-disease came on the cattle in this district a good many years ago. It killed a lot of cattle.
- Collector
- Peggy Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath
