School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)
- Location:
- Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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- (continued from previous page)Coomanore were great at hurling, and John Lyons. Ards, was a great man at football.Johnny Regan, Inchiclough was a great singer. He used to sing "An cailín deas crúidhte na mbó", and "Jimmie, mo mhíle stór." Jim O'Mahony, Moulakieve and Eugene Owen O' Sullivan, Coomleigh, were great story-tellers. Mark Cronin, Droumclough was the best man in the district for the hop - step - and jump, also for the high jump. He often won fame on many sport fields. He is now the Champion of Munster.
- In former times, there lived several strong men in the district. Chief among these was one named Dan Sullivan, a farmer, who lived in Coomleigh. He could lift the heaviest weights and carry them long distances When the Bantry Town hall was under construction, he brought(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Tisdall
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Coakley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Bantry, Co. Cork
