School: Baile Nua, Baile Mhic Cairbre
- Location:
- Clonanav, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Cearbhaill
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- A short time there lived in Kilronan a very strong man named Patrick Butler. It is believed that he was one of the strongest men that ever lived in this parish.
He was attacked by a wicked bull one day in a field & had nothing to defend himself with. He turned to the fence & picked up a large stone, struck the bull in the forehead & knocked him.
He was a very big farmer & used to go to Clonmel very often for a load of metal. Each sack weighed 20 st. and he could take two sacks off the carts & put one under each arm & walk into the kitchen with them.
One day he went out in the field to catch a 2 1/2 yr. old colt. The colt bucked & kicked in his efforts to get away so Butler struck him on the forehead & knocked him.
He ate only the plainest food & lived to the age of seventy years.- Informant
- Michael Treahy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockalisheen, Co. Waterford