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School: Drumconrath (C.) (roll number 16144)

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Drumcondra, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Úna Ní Chongbhaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 070

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    We had an epidemic of influenza about eighteen years ago and a large number of people died, in fact there were very few homes which did not lose one or more of their family. It was supposed to have been brought into the country by the soldiers.
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    Not far from my house a hay shed was burned near Corstown. It is said somebody threw a lit match near it, which started the fire and it burned the whole shed of hay.This happened about four years ago.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Monica Saul
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14