School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 308
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- Captain Michael Small Gortnacranna Upperchurch he was shot on the 4 July 1920 was Captain in the Irish Republican Army. Himself and his comrades were going to attack Sheverie[?] barrack. And before the attack he was captured at Peace[?] Cross, with military forces which arrived in lorries. They took him to the barrack. They had him in such a state that he was hardly recognised by his own people when he saw them.
- Collector
- Maureen Devitt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Thomas Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Rusheen Beg, Co. Tipperary
- There was a man in Rusheen and he was a great runner he used to run in Pallas two miles and he used to run other men his name was Jimmy Maher. A man in Pallas was able to lift a half hundred weight on his back and their was challenge the other was not able to lift it Tom Cormack and in the townland of Knocksheardon[?] In the townsland of Cappanvile and the Parish of Uppercurch a man ran a horse two mile as fast as he could cross the fields and he won and his name is David Ryan. A man ran after a hare in Drumgille and he caught him he ran a few miles he caught going out over he was from he was from Uppercurch his name was Kennedy. In the townsland of Capanavile. A man ran after a Guard the man wanted him he got up to him(continues on next page)
