School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)
- Location:
- Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 02_017
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- William Melly is the strongest man about here at present. He is over eighty years of age now. He comes into the Post Office every Friday for his pension and when he does be going out home again he carries a sack of flour out on his back.
When he was young he lifted a cow out of a bog-hole. He came in one day to an-other man to buy straw. So the man told him that he would sell him a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Colm Melly
- Other names
- Colm Melly
- Colm Ó Meallaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Na Fargáin, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Michael Melly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Na Fargáin, Co. Dhún na nGall
