School: An Drom (Drom Thurles) (roll number 585)

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   he would lift a sack five hundred weight. He won the bet of £5.

   

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2. Local Heroes - Strong Men

   

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   Tim Loughnane living in the townland of Killoshehan in the parish Drom, Co Tipperary was a very strong man. He showed his strength at a tug-o-war which was got up by the priest in the village of Drom. He used to pull the opposite side, yards through the field. The Priest and all the neighbours of the village would gather on every Sunday evening to look at the contest.

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   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Fogarty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drom, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Kathleen Lanigan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drom, Co. Tipperary

3. Local Heroes - Strong Men

   

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   Andrew Quinlan, Foilnaman, townland of Foilnaman, parish of Kilcommon, Co Tipperary was a noted stone thrower. He died in the year 1897 and was born in the year 1817. He was challenged by Thomas Keilly Carrig-on-

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