School: Fearth Mór (Brooklawn) (roll number 15508)

Location:
Fartamore, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa, Bean Mhic Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0221

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  1. About a hundred years ago there lived in Newboro Kilconly Captain Blake a land Lord. He had a very big family. There were no bicycles motor cars, or trains at that time. If they wanted to go a long distance they would go by horse-back or run it.
    These people had a man working for them, by the name of O'Reilly from Castlegrove. This man ran at least once a week into the Galway market for fish and never walked a step. This is a distance of twenty one Irish miles and he often did it in two hours. He wore no shoes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donnchadha Ó hAinnín
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Denis Hannon
    Gender
    Male