The use of a facemask by Red Cross personnel in 1918 helps decrease the spread of the disease, circa 1918. From the ports the disease swept across Ireland in three waves: mild in spring 1918; lethal in autumn 1918; and moderate in early 1919. Today, flu is especially dangerous for the very young and the elderly, but the Spanish Flu mainly affected those aged 25-35, still “in vigour”, as The Cork Examiner put it. Impact on IrelandAlthough nothing compared to the Great Famine, Spanish Flu in Ireland was responsible for many more deaths than the Easter Rising, War of Independence and Civil War combined. A terrible toll: Spanish Flu in numbers

Source: Irish Examiner September 13, 2018 23:03 UTC