School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)
- Location:
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407, Page 007
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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. - There was a man named John Hegarty Derry. He was a tailor. He walked from Derry to Abbeyfeale with a suit of clothes and the same day there was a football match in Ballybunion and he walked there and walked home. That was forty miles. He walked down to Forans in Coill playing cards and he walked other journey also.
He had a brother Pat he carried two stone of potatoes to his mother in Ballybunion and traced a pony and trap home, belonging to Pat Keane Church Street for two shillings. He was a post boy in County Limerick afterwards. - A few years ago there was a comical class of a man going round named Jer Sullivan. He was very fond of tea and used to go into every house and would expect a large bowl or mug of tea. He would start telling funny yarns(continues on next page)
