School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Buiríos Ó Luigheach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)with one, he could not walk easy with him or her. They would be half running after him
- It is said that a man by the name of William Bourke of Rusheen Borrisoleigh that he was a great swimmer in days gone bye and he got a large number of prizes for swimming.
A man named Ned Bourke Killamoyne, Borrisoleigh that he was a great mower that mowed seven acres of hay in two days. And he is counted to be a great mower ever since. And another man named Patsy Quinn of Coumbeg Borrisoleigh mowed ten acres of hay in three days.
Pupils Name. Josephine Kelly. Carrigeen Borrisoleigh
Got from. Timothy Kelly Carrigeen, Borrisoleigh Co. Tipp.
60 yrs. - Collector
- Josephine Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Carraigín, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Tiomthy Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- An Carraigín, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- This is a local hero his name is Michael Small Gurtnacranna Borrisoleigh County Tipperary. He was shot by the Black and Tans on the 4th of July in the year 1918. Michael Small and other men were going to burn the barrack in Sheverie and they saw soldiers coming towards them and some of them ran away and others of them hid behind the ditch(continues on next page)
