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School: Dromcollchoille (B.)

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Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
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Pádraig Ó Mathghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0497, Page 026

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    About the year 1860 there lived in this locality two famous men. One was Patrick OBrien of Kells, Drumcollogher, who jumped four feet high with a half cwt. weight in each hand. The others was Denis OLeary of Castleishon, who fought two stallions at the Fair of Cahirmee.
    This man was also attached by his own bull. He seized the bull, by the horn, with one hand and cut its throat with a pen knife which he held in the other hand
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jeremiah Newman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Eugene O Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 70
    Address
    Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick