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1. Heroes in this District Long Ago

   

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   No. 1—There was a man in Aughavoy, and he was a hundred and five years old when he died. When he was young he carried a two hundred-weight sack of oats from his own house to a mill two miles away. There were very few carts at this time so the people had to carry their food-stuffs from the town, and of course Neal Boyce who I am speaking of had to do the same, and many a heavy burden he carried to Aughavoy. He saw the foundation-satone of the old Church in Glennfinn being laid, and he also saw the foundation-stone of the present Church being laid. No. 2—Charley Magee was another very strong man, and he lived in the townland of Cappry about a mile from Ballybofey. He died two years ago at the age of seventy-three. He lifted an iron rail weighing five hundred-weight when he was nineteen years of age. He could carry the wheel of a cart on his chin. He dug on one occasion an acre of land, sowed the corn in it, and harrowed it all in one day. There were several swift runners in this

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Mc Grory

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Meencrumlin, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Willie Langan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Meencrumlin, Co. Donegal