School: Nead an Iolraigh (roll number 11669)
- Location:
- Cloonlooaun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhain
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- (continued from previous page)Other people had to wait until the tide went out to get to the dens to get lobsters and Crabs.
He was also able to catch lobsters in the sea.
This Michael Mullen was a great eater. One day he was in for an eating bet against Paid Coyne and his wife from Rushro. They had to eat a sixpenny loaf each without any drink
Paid Coyne beat him by a trick.
Thomas Downie known as maicín Downie could drive down twenty fathoms in the sea to free his line if it got caught in a stone
He was a native of Renvyle.
