School: Mainistir na Toirbhirte, Baile an Mhuilinn (roll number 3655)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An Br. Ó Drisceoil
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- About two hundred yards from the village of Milltown there is a large field known as the "Hospital field". It is called this because there was a hospital built there long ago.
This hospital was built between the years 1841-43. It was Fr. Quill who was Parish Priest of Milltown ordered this hospital to be built.
The reason for this hospital was, there a disease raging in the town of Tralee known as "cholera" The sailors who came into Tralee bay, some of them were infected with the disease. The(continues on next page)- Collector
- Micheál Ó Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Anglesey Mountain, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mr James Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockavota, Co. Kerry