School: Mionloch (C) (roll number 8800)
- Location:
- Menlough, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Bean Uí Oisín Bean Uí Dhubhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 019
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- There was a man in the village of Grallagh named Martin Monaghan and he was supposed to be the strongest man in the parish of Menlough. He was a very stout man and he could cut two acers of oats in one day with a scythe.
He used to walk to Woodlawn a distance of about 14 miles from his house every day when he was 20 years of age. He also knew a lot of stories about the people long ago.
This man died three years ago and everybody was very sorry for him.
- Collector
- Jessie Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Castleblakeney, Co. Galway
