School: Dromcollchoille (B.)
- Location:
- Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Mathghamhna
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- There was a man whose name was Burke. He was a baker at Fitzgeralds and he was taken out to Rome to compete.
Once there were sports in Newcastle West and the high jump was on when Burke arrived. A man by the name of Leahy was (was) winning and Burke said "I will jump that", he jumped it and knocked it with his hand. He told the man to raise the stick a couple of ins and he jumped six feet and four ins.
Then he went in the hurdles and he was winning and at the last hurdle he lay down and left Leahy win it.
- Collector
- John Nunan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- William O Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Address
- Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
