School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Béal an Dá Chab, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 055
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- A man named Michael Brien Skehanore lifted from a dike a sack corn weighing thirty three stones which fell from a horse's back. There were onlookers at the scene. Another man named ... Mac Carthy of Sherkin Island jumped across a chasm of sixteen feet in breadth. The jump was done in Cape Clear. A man named Tim Desmond of the Skames Island was a great swimmer. He was able to swim round the the Skames Island. He was also a good singer. His favourite songs were the Valley of Sliab na Mban and the Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond.
- Collector
- Jerry O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sceach an Óir Thoir, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- John O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sceach an Óir Thoir, Co. Chorcaí
