School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: William Boyd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 360
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- There lived a man in Tullytrot named Eamonn Foy.
He use to hire himself out in the country at five shillings per acre. He could mow from three to four acre a day. He is dead seventy years ago.
- Collector
- Harrison Hughes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Annyart, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs Toal
- Gender
- Female
- There is a story of a giant who a stone five cwt weight from Knockagolas to Mollyash. The stone is to be seen yet at Dugan's planting on the top of Mollyash mountain. There is a mark of hand and foot in the stone.The stone is to be seen there yet.
