School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)
- Location:
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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- (continued from previous page)catch a rat and put him on the flat of his back into the pool. He then put his foot on his chest and kept him there till he was well soaked. Shone then went away. The sergeant crept to the barrack. After a short time he applied for a transfer. Nothing was done to Shone.
- In my locality there lived a man named John O Connell. He was a very strong man, as he weighed eighteen stone, ten pounds. Every day for his dinner he took three pounds of meat, and up to a stone of potatoes.
He had five meals in the day, so you can guess, how he got so strong. In his youth he took part in athletics, running, jumping, weigh throwing etc.
One Sunday after returning from Mass he went hunting. He met a crowd(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sileen Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockane, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Donegan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Knockane, Co. Kerry
