School: Mount Stewart, Ceapach Chuinn

Location:
Mountstuart, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Úna, Bean Uí Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0643, Page 197

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  1. There was a great dancer and fiddle player near this district. Pádraigín A Rince was the name the people used to call him. He was a great walker and he would walk to Waterford for a string for his fiddle and come home again the same day. His right name was Patrick O'Brien. His wife Eibhlín Murcadha was great story-teller. She could spend the whole day telling them.
    My grandmother was very strong. She used to carry a heavy wooden can full of water and two pitchers in her hands.
    John Casey of Mount Stuart was a great weight thrower. He used to throw 1/2 cwt. ten feet. Tom Drohan was a great jumper. He jumped Michael O'Brien's middle gate from piers about thirteen feet apart.
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Crotty
    Gender
    Female