School: Leatbeg (roll number 16146)
- Location:
- Leat Beg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Peoples
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- Thomas Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tully, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Gallagher
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Tully, Co. Donegal
- A man named Jack Peoples (Glinsk) who lived in Glinsk a number of years ago was a very strong man because he could carry a four hundred weight stone to any house in the town. This stone was used for grinding barley.
One day a small boat came in along the shore and it was full of fishing nets and this man went down to the boat and he took a number of nets and a plank up the shore on his back(continues on next page)
