School: Trinity (roll number 2311)
- Location:
- Tincurra, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs Dereveux
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- It is told of a John Kehoe of Moortown that he could carry a twenty stone bag of wheat under each arm and walk on straw while doing so.
- In olden times people often walked from this locality to fairs in Ross and Enniscorthy a distance of Sixteen Irish miles and returned home walking on the same day.
- Stories are told of a great jumper in the locality years ago named Patrick Codd.
He was supposed to have one deformed foot but no one could compete with him in the jump. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Peter Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Trinity Cross Roads, Co. Wexford
- Thomas Stafford, Coolstuff was a noted dancer. He used a famous jig step called "Cover the Buckle"