School: Ceapach an tSeagail
- Location:
- Cappataggle, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Antoine Ó Monacháin
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Cappatagle.Mr. Patrick Cambell broke it on his chest with a sledge.
Mary Gorman who lived in Creggs walked from Cappatagle to Ballinasloe with seven hundred eggs on her head. It was a distance of about sixteen miles. She was a very strong robust woman. She was called by the people Maire Mor.
Mr. Thomas Hough was a great jumper he jumped six feet in Ballinasloe. Collector Bridie Jennings, Cappatagle, Ballinasloe.Got from Mrs. Egan Cappatagle, Ballinasloe. - 26Local Heroes (Continued)William Monaghan was a champion weight thrower. He lives in Kilrickle. He threw a half-hundred weight a distance of twenty three feet. Collector Patrick Jennings, Cappatagle, Ballinasloe.Got from Mr. Michael Jennings, Cappatagle, Ballinasloe.
- Collector
- Patrick Jennings
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cappataggle, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Michael Jennings
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cappataggle, Co. Galway