School: Colthurst, An Bhlárna (roll number 6717)

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1. Local Happenings - The Fire in Blarney Mills

   

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   There was a great fire in Blarney Mills about 1870. It was caused by some hot ashes that fell on a timber floor from one of the old stoves of that time. It was the cause of burning a great part of the Mill and also much of the tweed, but the Mill was not as big then as it is now. It was when they were rebuilding it in the year 1870 that they made it so big. There were no lives endangered, but it was a great loss to Mahony Brothers.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
   2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick O' Leary

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Bawnnafinny, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs O' Leary

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   45

   Address

   Bawnnafinny, Co. Cork

2. The Epidemic of 1900

   

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   There was an epidemic in this locality in 1900. Many people got it in Blarney and a good number died from the effects. The cause of the epidemic was the wet damp weather before it.

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