School: Ballydurrow
- Location:
- Ballaghdorragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Hadarnáin
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- (continued from previous page)houses, for at that time it was customary to have the dung heap of farmyard manure in front of the door. It was thought that the evil smells from these pits caused the plague. The plague called "The Hen" was the talk of the people for many years afterwards. There was no second visitation of it till after The Great War of 1914 and then it occurred again and in a far worse form than in 1890. Hundreds of people young and old died in this district from the plague after the Great War.Information was obtained from:John Hetherton
Ballydurrow- Collector
- Carmel Bough
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ryefield, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- John Hetherton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghdorragh, Co. Cavan