School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: William Boyd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 288
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- (continued from previous page)well pleased with his walk that he decided to walk back to Castleblayney and he did it.
- When the South Lodge Bridge was being built a horse was used for conveying material from one end of the bridge to the other. Suddenly part of the bridge collapsed and the horse fell into the river. He would have been drowned only for a man who was working there called Nevin Adair. He caught the horse by the tail and held him up until help came. It took ten men to lift the horse out.
- Collector
- J. Floyd
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Annahale, Co. Monaghan
- The best mower on our district was a man named Peter Hanratty of Drumacon. Before the reapers became common he used to hire(continues on next page)
