School: Cillín (Portomna)
- Location:
- Killeen South, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Dúnadhaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0053, Page 0173
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- Long ago there was a man by the name of “Thomas Gantley” living in Ballyglass. He walked to Galway and back again in a day. He also carried a bag of bread with him, because there were people belonging to him in jail in the Fenian times.
“Mary Naughton” walked to Galway in a day and back again, She also had a stocking knitted coming and going. “Michael McDonagh” and “Thomas Stableton” (Ballyglass) used to mow about two and a half acres a day.
“John Killeen” (Killeen) was also a great mower. “Michael Shaughnessy” (Tynagh) and his brothers Ned and Pat used to walk to Spiddel, Kinvara & Gort to fairs.
“Thomas Noone” and “Pat Lawless” (Kilcorban) were great mowers.
They used to mow 3 acres in a day.
“John Donlan” (Tynagh) was also a great mower.
There were men call the “Quirks” in the parish of Tynagh. One of them carried a mill-stone from Castle-town to Kilcorban with a thick stick on his back. The mill-stone was a ton weight from him. He also flung a head-stone a ton weight from him.
“Paddy Ward” was a very good runner.
He was called a “deer-footer” because he was able to run a deer.
- Collector
- Carmel Gohery
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- P. W. Mc Donagh
- Age
- 92
- Address
- Cappagh, Co. Galway
