School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carraig Gormáin, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- (continued from previous page)were in hospital and two of them died.
They were brought home in the one 'Hearse' and buried in the one grave, many other lives were lost during this plague.
- 32were in hospital and two of them died.They were brought home in the one 'hearse' and buried in the one grave. Many other lives were lost during this plague.Arthur McNeill, Coradua, Bailieboro.
Obtained from: Mr Joe McNeill, Coradura, Bailieboro.
(About 53 years ago).Composition
Local Happenings - BurningIn the year 1816a farmhouse owned by Mr John Smith of Togher parish of Killenkere, Bailieborough, went on fire while the people were at mass, it being on a Sunday in June every one was away but an old woman. She was putting on a fire with furze to boil the dinner, when she had the furze on the fireshe was coming away, and one of them caught in her apron and pulled the fire out on the middle of the floor, the fire caught thatch.The old woman ran back to save a few pounds she had in a small box, and only for a young man who came on the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Willie Roundtree
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carraig Gormáin, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Mr James Carrie
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- An Tóchar, Co. an Chabháin
