School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)
- Location:
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 419
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- (continued from previous page)Dromatimore who won the weight-throwing competition of Boston. He was the strongest man in Boston at that time. There were several others there also. Their names were David and John Buckley of Rylane. Jeremiah Murphy of Knockrour who was locally known as "big Jer". Michael Healy of Clonmoyle known as "bun crainn".
Patrick Riordan of Aghavrin one of the old Aghabullogue hurlers often ran to Cork after a sidecar which is a distance of about sixteen miles. There was another great runner named Jeremiah O'Sullivan of Clonmoyle a member of the old Aghabullogue hurlers. He won a race of twenty miles among thirty competitors. There were several Great Walkers who used walk from Aghabullogue to Cork with a load of hay. They used go in, in about four hours. The women would do it also.
There was a great jumper named David Buckley (son of David Buckley the weight thrower) who used jump six feet one and a half inches. Another long distance runner was James Buckley of Kilcolman. He won races locally in Wales and in America. Thomas Healy
- Collector
- Thomas Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Denis Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
