School: Baile an Churraigh
- Location:
- Baile an Churraigh, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 507
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- 1. Traces of the house in which "Betty Weenagh once lived is still to be seen near the River Suck. She was very strong and one time she carried a double harrow and a barrel of oats a half a mile and crossed a plank over a river.
At another time a dance was held in her house and for several days there was frost and the river Suck was frozen and a piper who was coming to the dance was unable to cross so Betty went across on the creaking ice and carried the piper across the Suck.
2. A man named Robert Saul lived in Ballincurry about sixty years ago. He was a great mower(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kate Tighe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Doirín, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Thomas Tiernan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluain Fachna, Co. na Gaillimhe
