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   “Long ago there were many strong men in my district.”

   

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2. Local Heroes

   “In the year eighteen ninety five there lived in my district of Annaghcarty, Rivertown, Boyle, a man named Tom Mac Donagh...”

   

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   In the year eighteen ninety five there lived in my district of Annaghcarty, Riverstown, Boyle, a man named Tom Mac Donagh who was a very strong man. He was able to take a half hundred in his hand and put it up seven times above his head. His brother carried a hundred of oats to the market in Sligo which was about fifteen miles from him. There lived in the parish of Geevagh a man named John Harte, who often carried a plough when he was going ploughing about a mile. There was another who lived in Drumcollumb who jumped a gate which was about fifteen feet in height. John Mullaney who lived in Geevagh was able to go to Dublin in twelve hours on horse back for medicine for a

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rita Corcoran

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Annaghcarthy, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   John Cawley

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Address

   Annaghcarthy, Co. Sligo