School: Rinn Tuirc (roll number 9835)
- Location:
- Reenturk, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: S. Bean Uí Rinn
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- Long ago people never heard of doctors and they were much healthier than people of nowadays. About a couple of year ago the plague of diphtheria swept the country-side. The children were stricken day after day and they were taken away to hospital. Then the school was closed for about six years.