School: Carrowreagh (roll number 15220)
- Location:
- Carrowreagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Elizabeth Benson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0090
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“There is a rock in the townland of Oldrock and it is about half a ton weight.”
(continued from previous page)the rock but no one has the courage to dig for it.
- Formerly in the townland of Oldrock there was a man of the name of Thomas Trumble. He belonged to the gentlemen type. It is about eighty years ago and this Thomas Trumble was known all over Connacht for being a great athlete in running and jumping.
One of his famous jumps was a running flat jump which he could clear twenty three feet each way, backwards and forwards.
There was also a man of the name of Lisanany who used to clear twenty two feet each way on the hard road in his bare feet. Although he lived to be eighty years of age he never wore a shoe except on Sundays. His first pair of shoes lasted him fourteen years. - Informant
- Michael Gardiner
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shancarrigeen or Oldrock, Co. Sligo
