School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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- (continued from previous page)man's way he would have to go back last.
In olden times the people were stronger and bigger than now. The strongest men would go to the hill and cut big square pieces of rock and carry them off over a big river to where they were building a tunnel under the ground where they slept at night in fear of the yeomen. There was once a man Patrick Burn and he could go up a hill and carry a stone that four men now would not be able to lift.
- Collector
- Luke Hayden
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Hayden
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Crowsgrove, Co. Carlow
