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Letter to the Editor: Lessons to be learned from a generation razed by TB

On Sunday, March 22, Mother’s Day, I took a walk up to Clonminch Cemetery in Tullamore to visit my mother’s grave.

Letter to the Editor: Lessons to be learned from a generation razed by TB

Fri, 27 Mar, 2020 - 00:00

On Sunday, March 22, Mother’s Day, I took a walk up to Clonminch Cemetery in Tullamore to visit my mother’s grave.

Not a regular habit of mine I must add as I don’t even participate in the annual Cemetery Sunday service.

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