School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 11_007
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- In Derrybrien there lived not long ago a man named Seán Barney. He was able to do alot of good actions and he was noted for his strength. He used go to Gort often with a creel of turf. One day as he was going into a certain shop he saw men trying to lift on their soldiers a twenty stone bag of flour.
There were two bags in it. So he put one twenty stone bag under one arm and the other under the other arm. Then he walked out and fling the two of them into a car that was outside the door.he could also carry a sack of flower between his teeth. Another day he carried a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Ó hAinnín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Reanahumana, Co. Clare
