School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- (continued from previous page)Dublin during the harvest, and reaped the harvest for the farmers there in olden times.
- There was a man who lived in the house now belonging to Mr Patrick Daly.
He was called John Clarke, in the townland of Coradua, in parish of Killinkere.
He accomplished a journey of three miles in fifteen minutes from Killinkere chapel to Cross chapel three miles apart.
It is said he could keep with a motor car going at it's quickest speed, it is also said that he could jump upon a horse's back from the ground and the horse trotting.
When the people used to go about after rabbits and hares, they would pay(continues on next page) - Collector
- Arthur Mc Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corradooa, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Peter Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corradooa, Co. Cavan
