School: Béal na Bláth, Maghcromtha (roll number 12458)
- Location:
- Bealnablath, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cróinín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0340, Page 345
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- The giants of long ago never longer than twenty eight years. They were eight feet three inches in height. Brian McPiercan could twist a new horse shoe like a gad around in his hand. his real name was Patrick cotter born in the year seventeen sixty one at Kinsale. He could hold a hundred weight at his arms length.
A man named Mahony threw a half ton weight of rock stone or finger stone twenty feet the stone can be seen to this very day. Mark Scott had no ribs only one bone round his chest he could throw a stone from Allens gate and strike the rock in Shorten's lake about five hundred yards of a throw.
These giants had factions fights between each other at Quarries cross they fought freely with sticks stones bottles and other missiles. There was a lot of old hags lived(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Mahony
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardrah, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Mahony
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 81
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ardrah, Co. Cork
