School: Kilbonane, Lios an Phúca (Beaufort) (roll number 5482)
- Location:
- Kilbonane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0458, Page 182
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- A man named John Sullivan, who lived at Slievegoura, was once famous for his strength. Once when he was coming from a fair in a donkey-cart, the donket became exhausted and could go no further. He put the donkey into the cart, and pushed it before him for the remainder of the journey, a distance of about nine miles. On another occasion he brought a full set of donkeys harness from Tralee to Slievegaura on his back. Another strong man named James Leary lived at Coolroe. Once he threw a sack of meal across a horse and car into his own car which was at the other side of the horse-and-car. Another time he lifted a rail of turf by catching the car by the back shafts. He supported the car while a wheel was being put on it. In Ballymalis there were two good swimmers, named Dennis Collins and Daniel Leary. Both of them swam about half-a-mile of the river Laune. Daniel MacCarthy from Gurteen, and Timothy Quirk from Ballymalis were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Murchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymalis, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- James Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Ballymalis, Co. Kerry