School: Ballydurrow
- Location:
- Ballaghdorragh, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: S. Ó Hadarnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0998, Page 408
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- About the year 1890 in the Spring-time of the year a great epidemic visited this district. In most houses all the inmates were in bed as they were too weak to be about and there was no one to look after those who were sick. In some cases all the inmates of a house died and not one of them was left. Persons suffered from weakness, cold and shivering, great perspiration and a severe cough. It was called the "Hen" which is a contraction of influenza. It lasted for about three months and very many old people died of it. The local doctors were visiting houses all day and night. Persons who had "The Hen" were very weak, for a long time after it and were unable to work. The clergy of most parishes compelled the people afterwards to remove dung-pits and cess-pools from near the doors of their dwelling(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Carmel Bough
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Achadh an tSeagail, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- John Hetherton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghdorragh, Co. an Chabháin
