School: Newtownmanor (roll number 4905)
- Location:
- Newtownmanor, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: P. Mac Néill (Nelson)
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- My great grandfather was very strong. He carried a sack containing seven cuts of oat meal on his back from one room to another for a bet.
He also jumped across a sythe which was stuck in the ground which was a very dangerious thing to do because the blade of the sythe was stuck high in the air. His name was Micky Healy.
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- Eugene Mc Ternan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doonkelly, Co. Leitrim
- A man named Edward Quinn was working with a man at a rick named Patrick Kelly of Gortanaskeagh. When dinner time came they went into the house to eat it. While they were in at the dinner the horse and cart got upset and Edward Quinn went out as far as the horse and put(continues on next page)
