School: Garrdha na Cailce (Garnakilla) (roll number 15418)
- Location:
- Garranakilka, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0543, Page 087
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- One of the best stone throwers that lived very near us is Patsy in Coumbeg. He used always go by the name of Patsy fine man. He was a great stone thrower this is one of his exploits. One morning as he was bringing in the cows he reached for a stone and hit a cow on the foot. Then the cows leg swelled he went over to Foilnamon for one of the griffins. When he came home he showed the man how he broke the cows leg. He got another stone and hit the cow next him and broke that leg also.
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