School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)
- Location:
- Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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- (continued from previous page)which is situated near the sea, to the Abbey, Slip in Bantry and from that to Chapel Island in Bantry Bay.
- Local HeroesIn this district there were many strong men. It is said that Ger Tisdall could take fourteen stone of grain on his back. Tim Mc Carthy was a great weight-thrower. John Keohane and John Mc Sweeny are swift runners. John Mc Sweeny won seven races of a half a mile each. A woman named Kate Sugrue walked from Coomhola to Cork with two ferkins of butter.
Tim Hourihan could jump nine feet, and he often won fame. Patrick Sullivan was a great story - teller and a singer. His brother Michael Sullivan was a fisherman and a great swimmer, and it is said, that he swam from Cove to Chapel Island, and he often saved(continues on next page)- Collector
- Jim Cadigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Cadigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Bantry, Co. Cork