School: An Mhainistir, Cara Droma Ruisc (roll number 14770)
- Location:
- Cora Droma Rúisc, Co. Liatroma / Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: An Bráthair Eoghan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 116
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- A man by the name of Patrick McNamara lived in a cave in Shee Mae in the year sixteen twenty-four.
Every night before he went to bed he lighted a candle and he left it outside the door. He lived on anything he could get to eat. He was able. He was able to fell a tree with one stroke.
One he was challenged for weight-throwing but a person might as well be trying to reach the sky as to beat him. He was the strongest man in the country. He killed a large number of people day after day. Then they decided to kills him but they failed. He continued killing the people and(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Denis O' Driscoll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cora Droma Rúisc, Co. Liatroma / Co. Ros Comáin
