School: Báinseach, Cill Chaoi (roll number 11714)
- Location:
- Kildeema, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Cárthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)He followed him as far as Vandelour's wood in Kilrush and caught him there.
- There was a man named Michael Killeen and he lived in Bealatha. He jumped from one wall of the bridge in Bealatha to the middle of the road and from that into the field at the other. These words were printed on the side of the bridge :- "Michael Killeen.Two leaps". He had a sister named Bridgt Killeen and she owned a shop.
One morning she got up and she started off to Limerick walking. She came home that night with two stone of tobacco and she went off to a dance immediately. She came next morning. She had an uncle named Michael Killeen. Some people at Johnny Downes' made a bet with him if he ate three grinders of bread with his hands tied behind his back while a young boy was running down and up.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Josephine O' Shea
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kildeema, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr M. O' Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Kildeema, Co. Clare
