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   and McCabe tossed his man four times inside fifteen minutes. When the Kerry man was knocked twice he fully realised that he was in combat with the man he was looking for and went away sad and crest-fallen.
   As well as wrestlers, we had in Coragh some famous long-distance jumpers in the long ago. Philip Donohue was considered one of the finest jumpers of the period and as well as this accomplishment he was a very fast runner. One of his finest feats at jumping and running was performed in Coragh bog at dawn on a summer's morning.
   This Philip and his brother Tom were making poteen in the southern portion of Coragh bog when they were surprised by the Revenue men. In them days the Custom Officials were called the Revenue men and the police then had got nothing to do at the finding or searching for poteen.
   It seems that information was lodged at head-quarters that this man Donohue was having a brewing and as Donohue and his brother were carrying out the distillation commencing at 12 o'clock at mid-night they were surprised to hear the trump of Revenue men at a little distance off. They immediately disengaged the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rose Mc Gennis

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coragh, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mr P. Mc Gennis

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coragh, Co. Cavan