Ireland's crusade against tuberculosis; being a series of lectures delivered at the Tuberculosis Exhibition, 1907 . e-heap anywhere, whetherit is that the time of the year prevented one from seeingthem on account of farming operations or not, but toto me it seemed that all were combining solidly to keeptheir homes inside and outside as clean as possible, andso combat best with disease. Next we visited Banada Abbey, under the charge ofthe Sisters of Charity. This is an old house that for-merly belonged to a family named Jones, and who pre-sented it to this Order, and who have now formed a veryf


Ireland's crusade against tuberculosis; being a series of lectures delivered at the Tuberculosis Exhibition, 1907 . e-heap anywhere, whetherit is that the time of the year prevented one from seeingthem on account of farming operations or not, but toto me it seemed that all were combining solidly to keeptheir homes inside and outside as clean as possible, andso combat best with disease. Next we visited Banada Abbey, under the charge ofthe Sisters of Charity. This is an old house that for-merly belonged to a family named Jones, and who pre-sented it to this Order, and who have now formed a veryfine convent with boarders, and also classes in lace-making, &c, for the girls of the district. Tubbercurry was next visited, and then Swinford,where the evening lecture was in the open air. Next toCharlestown, over which Father Keaveney is ParishPriest, and who has lately made wonderful improve-ments in it—a system of drainage, electric light installa-tion, town hall, lace classes, all being due to him. Then the cathedral town of Ballaghaderreen wasvisited, and received a very cordial welcome from Father.


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