School: Ovens (C.) (roll number 5985)
- Location:
- Ovens, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Maud Mc Guire
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0345, Page 368
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- (continued from previous page)& exclaimed "Blucher, it's your life, my life, or the Cup, & here goes in the name of the D----". The race started for Garryhesta. It began at Taylor's farm, & moved along along by the banks of the Bride.
All horses took the fence neck & neck until they reached a high fence near Garryhesta Fort. Signal took the fence, leading slightly. Blucher came next, but his hoof got caught in a hidden furze root. The horse somersaulted, & the point of the saddle came on the chest of the rider. On came, close on one hundred horses, amongst them was Sam Penrose's brother, who thought it was only a slight fall. "Never fear Sam" he said, he jumped over prostrate horse & man.
The race continued & Signal won. One of the Penrose's, on noticing that his brother Sam had not turned up, rode back to the scene of the accident. Seeing his brother in such a bad way, he jumped off his own horse & mounted Blucher & rode to Cork(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Clashanaffrin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr William Fahy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clashanaffrin, Co. Cork
