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A health service to make Connolly proud

ON Sunday, February 26, 1961, an emergency requiring an amputation arose in the Cottage Hospital at Knightstown, Valentia Island.

A health service to make Connolly proud

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The weather was foul and the Atlantic seas were angry. The patient could not be moved.

An entire surgical team was dispatched from Tralee hospital and was collected by Valentia lifeboat at Caherciveen Pier.

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Your View Place: Knightstown Place: Caherciveen pier Place: Monaghan Place: Corrovorrin Ave Place: Ennis Co Clare Person: Connolly Person: James Connolly Person: Dick Robinson Organisation: Cottage Hospital Organisation: Valentia Organisation: Valentia Hospital

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