School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)

Location:
Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0284, Page 187

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  1. Local Heroes
    In 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
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Cadigan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bantry, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Cadigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Bantry, Co. Cork