School: Scartaglen (roll number 8184)
- Location:
- Scartaglin, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: D. Ó Dubháin E. Ó Murchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0448, Page 054
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- A strong man was Dan Murphy Mullin TIm Brosnan Glountane was a good man for throwing the 4 stone weight 26 feet Pat Connor lifted a roller.
Michael Crowley Direen put a bag of potatoes in over a rail, John [?] and his brother were looking on. It happened in Direen. Jim Boyle Leha was a good runner. Jim Connor of [?] ran a distance of four miles in twenty minutes. Tim Daly of [?] ran with horses and won the race Maurice Keane of Glountane walked to Cork and back again a distance of a hundred miles in one day.Maurice Reidy Mullin was a good jumper, he jumped a river 23 feet. Jack Reidy of Mullin would mow [?] acre and a half of hay in one day was challenged with John Murphy Glountane.
- Collector
- Bridget Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Margaret Daly
