School: Mullach Ruadh (roll number 10654)
- Location:
- Mullaghroe, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Nia
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- Long ago there lived a man called Pat Casey in Mullaghroe. He lived on the railway line between Ballaghaderrean and Kilforee. The people used to call him,
"The Wheel of Cracker".
He was a great wheel of Cracker.
He was a great wheel maker and some of this wheels are to be found yet which were made 70 years ago.
He was a great mower.
He would mow more than six men in a day. He would edge his Slyths in the morning and that would do him for the day he used.(continues on next page)