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re polio in maidenhead i had an aunt who was stricken by the disease   she was in her mid thirties she was hospitalised in st marks  isolation unit  [ was only 8  so Was not aware ofhow deadly thert disease was   she was in iron  lung for a  no oF days  when she was sent home she needed a caliper to be able to walk and
her leftarm was paralysed she bore this with cheerfulness and courage until her death at
 96 yrs of age






 









 

i am interested in finding any information about a battalion of 74th iimperial yeomanry raised in Dublin and in particular an engage ment at Griquetown in s.a.   my wife's grandfather Tpr.VinentConroy was wounded during this action

hi again  just in case you might find it useful the Cof I churh in cahir is st pauls the rev.barbara murray is the dean.however much of her time would be spent  in st marys in clonmel. also in the general cahir/clogheen area a no.of themore affluent were quakers    you may already have this info.if so my apologies

looking for any information re James Conroy solr clerkwho died age 69  in Cavan workhouse i have been told that in later years this doubled as a hospital  his death reg. was in 1900 . further info is that he married in Derry 1878 already a widower his only child frances vincent was born in  cashel co tipp his father john claims to have been a hotel keeper but was already deceased in i878. his wife mary eliza mcaleenan appears only for the marriage and birth of son. can anybody add anything to this please

hi hallmark has a good point  whan we started grave huntingwe found a grave digger who probed the groundwitha metal rod to finf if there was an unnamed body within with a possitive outcom