School: Cúl na Fearna

Location:
Coolnafarna, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Duibhir
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    There was a man by the name of Michael Healy and when he was twenty five years of age he walked to the north pole of Dublin in fifteen hours.

    There was a man by the name of Michael Healy and when he was twenty five years of age he walked to the north pole of Dublin in fifteen hours. There was another man by the name of John O Flaherty and he was going with him and when he got to Ballinmora he was very tired and he got a weakness so he went into a house and stayed there for five days. Then he went to Dublin and when he got there he died. Michael stayed there for three months and then he walked home to Cloonlough.
    Co Roscommon
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooncrim, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Michael Flynn
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clooncrim, Co. Roscommon