School: Na Cealla (Kells) (roll number 8148)
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Fiannachta
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- There was a strong man in Kells long ago his name was Seán Doyle, he was a great wrestler, and he was about 5'10" high and he weighted about fourteen stone. He lived in fish and potatoes and for his dinner he used eat an oven of connor and a pot of potatoes. He used be wrestling in Kells Strand and it was after he beat a bigger man than himself, he had a [nack] for wrestling which the people called "Doyles curve''. He afterwards went to America and sold his land to a Moriarty man.
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- Collector
- Úna Ní Loingsigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Díarmuid Ó Loingsigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kerry
