School: St Patrick's, Ballyfarnon (roll number 13978)
- Location:
- Ballyfarnon, Co. Roscommon
- Teachers: Mark Hanly Thos. Feeny
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- Thomas Cullen from Glenkillamey challenged another man to walk to Boyle to see which of them would win. The two started off together but Thomas Cullen was back first. It only took them two hours to go. It is ten miles from his house to Boyle.
- Collector
- Nuala Conlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyfarnon, Co. Roscommon
- A man named John McHugh from Rover, Ballyfarnon was a great mower when he was a young man. About thirty years ago a man named Denis Morrison from Geevagh challenged him to a mowing contest. Each man had an acre of land to mow. They started work at 9.30 am. At about eleven o'clock Denis Morrison pretended there was something wrong at his farm, because he could(continues on next page)