School: Coill Chláir (roll number 14276)
- Location:
- Kilclare, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Treasa Ní Oibeacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 164
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- Great weight carrier.
John Flynn, Mullaghboy carried a forty stone bag of potatoes on his back up a stairs.
- Patrick Doherty, Kilclare could mow an acre of meadow in one day.
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“James Mc Nulty made a bet with a neighbouring man in Drumshambo that he would lift two bags of meal...”
James McNulty made a bet with a neighboring man in Drumshanbo that he would lift two bags of meal with two hundred and a half in each bag and carry them from the cart into his house. The other man said he would not be able. But James tied a rope round the bags and carried them into the house in his two arms. (no title)
“The strongest man in my locality was a man the name of Peter Rogers, Ballybawn.”
Strongmen
The strongest man in my locality was a man the name of Peter Rogers, Ballybawn. He carried a four hundred weight on his back about fifty yards. - Informant
- James Sunne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Sheffield, Co. Leitrim
- Michael Rogers, Ballybawn(continues on next page)