School: St. Jame's Well (roll number 14192)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Conchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)dance with Mathew Mac Gumna. They being so frightened they returned back to Conway’s Cross again, and stayed in some old house until the morning.
- 1 The late Pat O’Rourke, Ummeraroe won the hop step and leap after walking to Castlerea on a Sunday after the first Mass in Geevagh.
2 John Fallon Carrownadargney, Geevagh, and John Martin Cullen, Glen are two strong men.
3 Dermott McAuley, Geevagh, won the race in Geevagh.
4 Peter J. Devine, Ballyfarnon, is a great walker.
5 Dermott McAuley won the jumping in Geevagh. Paddie McDonagh Geevagh opposed him.
6 Daniel O’Rourke St James’s Well, Riverstown, Boyle. John Cullen Tapp, Geevagh, Co Sligo, were two great mowers.
7 John Gaffney Glen, Co Sligo, is a great dancer, he dances Jigs, and Reels.
8 Michael Nangle is a good singer, and the song he sings is “The working girl and the horseman of Dunroe.
9 Owen Cullen Tapp, Geevagh is a good story teller.
10 Pat Lavin Carrownadargney, and Pat Hannon Tapp, had a challenge in Lavin’s meadow mowing, and Pat Lavin won it.
11 Tommie Tiernan Ummeraroe, won the championship in Geevagh.
12 John Millmo Lough Bo, is a great swimmer.
13 Patrick Curran Ballinashee, Geevagh, was a great weight thrower
14 They O’Rourke’s of Breffni were great heroes there address is Breffni, Dromahair Co Leitrim.
John Tiernan, Sooey, Co Sligo ran four miles in twenty(continues on next page)
