School: Loughkeeren
- Location:
- Knockatemple, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Anna M. Warde
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- Patrick W. Nally, who lived in Balla years ago, was a great jumper. Several men in Balla and the surrounding districts tried to beat him but failed. He could jump a height of seven feet, it was an old saying "If a pole was held at the height he jumped, he could walk under it." On Sundays and holidays crowds used to go to Balla, to see him jump.
- Collector
- Maureen Mulloy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrownaraha, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Mc Keown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghalusky, Co. Mayo