School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)
- Location:
- The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Cuirrín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 033
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- James Meaney of Lanaght was able to lift a dead horse by himself or draw him along the ground.
There was a great tug-o'-war team in the Rower about fifty years ago. They won the all Ireland Championship a few times. They pulled seveal times in Dublin. The men that were in the team wer - Two Lyngs of Mangan and one Lyng of Ballynunry; three Penders of Mangan; two Meaneys of Lanaght; Stuart of the Ferry; and Stepenson of Ringwood. The weight of the team was very near a ton.
Stuart weighed just twenty-stone. He, being the heaviest man on the team, was on the loop.Great SwimmersPatsy Dooley of Lanaght swan from New Ross to Innistioge, a distance of about ten miles. He dived from the top of the Ferry-bridge and saved a man's life. Tom Mulrooney of Lanaght also swam from New Ross to Innistioge, in four and a half hours.Great OarsmenJack and Mick Barron, Lower Carrenroe, were great oarsmen, and they won several races.
Patsy Dooley of Lanaght rode High Hill in New Ross, on a bycycle, for a bet. This hill is closed to traffic it is so steep.
- Collector
- Thomas Lyng
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carranroe Upper, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Lyng
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Carranroe Upper, Co. Kilkenny
