School: Ballinalee (roll number 1174)
- Location:
- Ballinalee, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Mainchín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 249
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- Marie Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leitrim, Co. Longford
- Informant
- James Reilly
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- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leitrim, Co. Longford
- William Morrow lived in Drumderg, Ballinalee. Clonbroney parish, Barony of Granard, County of Longford.
He was a very strong man. Once when he was coming out of Granard with a load of timber on a cart, the wheel of the cart broke, and he removed it from the cart. Then he took the axle in his hands and took the place of the wheel for the rest of the way home - a distance of five miles. - Tommy Gilnagh
Tommy Gilnagh who still lives in Killoe ran a(continues on next page)
