School: Cill Bheoláin (B.), Áth an Mhuilinn, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Cill Bhláin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
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- Mr John Watson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Áth an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- Patrick O'Connell, a first or 2nd cousin of James Fitzgibbon's mother (R.I.P.), Milford, Ráth Luirc, jumped the Mill Stream near Milford at a place which was known as the Ciseach. It failed all the local athletes to do the jump.
The point referred to, the Ciseach, is not known definitely now. - "Parson Gibbings" (Landlord) had an orchard @ Gibbingsgrove, Newtown, Ráth Luirc & he knew the apples were being stolen, although there was neither hole nor gap in the surrounding hedge which was about 6 feet high. One night, he entered the orchard & found that a man had jumped from a branch & over the hedge.
Mr. Gibbings said that there was only one man in Ireland who could jump the hedge & that he then knew who stole his apples - Fitzgibbon a local famous jumper.
