School: Cor na Muclach (roll number 14470)
- Location:
- Cornamucklagh North, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Annie Ryan
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - About fifty years ago there was a man named John McWeeney who carried a sack of meal in his mouth about the distance of one hundred yards.
About forty years ago a man named Thomas Gilchrist who is still living in the townland of Cultha in Ballinaglera carried three and a half cwts. of potatoes on his back, a mile, without resting. - In olden times there were many famous runners in this parish. Some of the men were so swift that they were known(continues on next page)
