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School: Carraig Uí Ulla (Carrigagulla), Baile na Groighe

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Carrigagulla, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Hanluain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 004

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    Strong men:-
    There lived in this district a woman named Kate Sullivan who used carry a back-basket of eggs to Cork on her back and she used be barefooted, and she used bring a hundredweight of hay on her back to Mushera. Another woman named Peg Sheedy who lived in a house on top of See Finn used to carry a [?] of meal up to her own house on her back from Knopogue road. Michael O' Connor Cill Cuilinn brought two new wheels and an axle from Donoughmore on is shoulders which was a distance of four miles.
    Swift runners:-
    Patrick O'Keeffe of Ballinagree East, in the year 1908 won four and a quarter miles championship of Ireland. This race was ran at Glenville Co. Dublin. There were one hundred and eight competitors
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Nora Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annagannihy, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Michael Sullivan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Annagannihy, Co. Cork