School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 144
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- Long ago Hugh Farrell used to walk to Longford a distance of about twelve miles. He had to go work there and walk home again in the evening. He was only getting a shilling a day and he had this job for about thirteen years. Paddy Kenny of Abbeyshrule walked to Dublin.
A man named Pat Ellis jumped of a wall about forty feet high and it is also said that he jumped across the canal. There was a man named Cox and he could mow a two acred field in a day and be finished about five o'clock. Paddy Kenny and James Cassidy were good storytellers.
a man named John Fitzsimons of Abbeyshrule was able to carry a five cwt. sack of oats on his back with ease.
A man Eivers of Pallas was the best runner(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Clogher
- Gender
- Male
