Hi, AFAIK Kerry had a higher incidence of TB than other counties. Edenburn was a TB hospital outside Tralee. Think its closed and not sure if they have any records for genealogy research. My dad and his sister moved from Kerry to Longford for a period when they were teenagers IN 1920's to avoid TB. Regards, Fintan ----- Original Message ---- From: "MonicaBOS@aol.com" <MonicaBOS@aol.com> To: irl-kerry@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 15 July, 2007 10:09:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] TB Patients Early 1900s Ireland My father had TB three times, lost a kidney to it and is now 87 years young. His father William McSheehy and William's identical twin Francis, both died of TB the same year my father was born, 1920. As I have done my family search, I keep finding family that died of TB all on my father's side, not my mother's. So I am wondering, and I know this is a "reach", if my mother's folk (Co. Mayo) not having TB was just luck or is there a susceptibility among the Kerry folk to TB. Just curious. I do know that because of my father, I have been told that I need to be screened for it for the rest of my life and the last time he had it was around 1959. Monica ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk