School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)
- Location:
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)is put down on his back, he is not allowed to get up, and the longer it takes him to guess, the longer the load gets.
- This parish of Aghabullogue is noted for athletic men in every sphere. Tradition has it that Aghabullogue was never without a hurler, a bowl player or a weight thrower. There was a man named Daniel Cronin of Dromatimore who won the weight throwing competition of Boston. He was the strongest man in Boston at that time.
Other famous weight throwers were David and John Buckley, Rylane. Jeremiah Murphy, Knockrow, known locally as 'big Jer'. Michael Healy of Clonmoyle known as "bun crainn".
Patrick Reardon of Aghavrin one of the old Aghabullogue hurlers often(continues on next page) - Collector
- Thomas Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
