School: Colthurst, An Bhlárna (roll number 6717)
- Location:
- Blarney, Co. Cork
- Teacher: S. Ó Laoghaire
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- (continued from previous page)load of potatoes up a hill in Cork, and died a few days later, as a result.
- Another noted man was Manley the Mower. He was able to mow over two acres of hay or corn in a day. In the Mowing season he used to travel to Charleville and Limerick. He was known all over the south of Ireland as "Manley the Mower from Blarney". His real name was Bill Manley. He was a small man with a hump, and went around the country working for the farmers.
- Collector
- Tom Hallissey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dawstown, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr D. Hallissey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Dawstown, Co. Cork
