The last Irish plague
Subtitle: the great flu epidemic in Ireland
By: Caitriona Foley
Publisher: Irish Academic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dublin; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780716531159; 9780716531166
Subjects: Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
Description: Between spring 1918 and early summer 1919, the world experienced one of the most devastating outbreaks of disease on record - 20,000 Irish citizens died, 800,000 were infected. This book explores how the event was experienced, felt, understood and remembered by men and women at the time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-216) and index.