School: Doohamlet
- Location:
- Dúthamhlacht, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: P. Mac an Bháird
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- (continued from previous page)rwinner. The spectators were Patrick Doran, and John McNally.
John Wilson of Clogher was a great mower. He could mow an acre of corn and tie it in a day. The onlooker was Bernard Duffy.
Pat Daly Rausker{?] mowed three acres of corn in one day. He was watched by his father in this act.
John McBennet Corusk[?] mowed an acre and a half of corn in one day and tied it himself. He was watched by Edward Daly.
John McArdle Clare-Oghill when he was a young man could mow one and a half acres of corn in one day.
