School: Caisleán Aibhne (Castleiny) (roll number 7782)
- Location:
- Castleleiny, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: S. S. Ó Dúnaidhe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0546, Page 225
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- Local Heroes
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In her early days there were many men in the parish noted for their strength, John Treacy was one he carried a forty stone bag of grain up and down a stairs for a bet.
John Brennan often carried a plough on his shoulders for near a quarter of a mile from a neighbour's garden to his own, and it was quite a usual thing for him to carry a harrow. He left here and went to Cloughjordan to work in a quarry and he lifted a stone which it would take three ordinary men to lift.
Another man named Ned Gunder lifted a ten stone bag of flour with his teeth.
- Collector
- Norah Stapleton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Lahagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Treacy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 96
- Address
- Lahagh, Co. Tipperary
