School: Moyne (B.) (roll number 13989)
- Location:
- Moyne, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Francis Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 357
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- A young man named Pat Martin was a noted lifter in my district. He was working in a mill in Rosduff belonging to a man named Blakely. He carried 40 st of oats up a ladder containing twenty steps and left it in on a loft. Another man named John Mulligan is another noted weight lifter in the townland of Crott. He was quarrying stones in a quarry near Berrinaugh when a large stone fell out. He lifted the stone and put it on a horse's cart. The stone was twenty five stone weight. A man named Tom Gray was also working in the quarry. He made a bet with him that he would not lift the stone. So he lifted the stone and won the bet.
- Collector
- Patrick Mulligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Birrinagh, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Tom Gray
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 90
- Address
- Birrinagh, Co. Longford
