School: Radharc na Féile (roll number 14156)
- Location:
- Abbeyfeale West, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tadhg Mac Coitir
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- (continued from previous page)of one hundred & fifty yards. Before the other runners were half-ways around the field James had landed to the stopping pole. There was a man there from the north of Ireland by the name of Tom Leahy & he was said to be the best runner in Ulster. Seeing that James won the first race he challenged him for the four hundred & fifty yards. James consented for he knew he would win that race also & so his word came to pass for he beat Tom Leahy by a hundred yards
He returned home that night very proud in himself & told everyone that he was a rich man after the day. He was know far & near by all the people not only in Munster but all over Ireland & they called him by a nick-name as "James the runner". People used to say how he lived in porridge for his breakfast & potatoes & sour-milk for the rest of his meals & they said it was that, that made him so active. But to my knowledge it was a dúcas on him for I heard my grandfather say that James' father(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Dan Lane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen, Co. Kerry
