School: Árd Phádraig
- Location:
- Ardpatrick, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0509, Page 432
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- Speaking of athletes puts me in mind of Patrick Meade of Ballingaddy Kilmallock. Several of the old people gave me tales of the great strength of this man.
The present account is given by Mr David O'Connell Ardpatrick Kilmallock (farmer).
On one occasion Meade came for the loan of a rolling stone to Bohernagore to a farmer named Thomas Lillis.
The stone weighed nearly 5 cwts & lay in a field near by. Meade walked out to the field & to the astonishment of all uprooted (?) the stone, put his shoulder under it & walked away over the fields towards his home which lay about ¾ of a mile away. On his journey he had to pass over several double ditches.
Tis also said that on arriving at his home & seeing one of his boys trotting a horse which was being inspected by a buyer, & not liking the way the animal was being led, he himself seized the reins & took two turns up & down(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pilib O Conaill
- Gender
- Male
