School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Michael Quinn
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- In olden times a man lived in Cloonee who carried seven cwt weight on his back.
Another man lived in Curlishea who walked from Ballymoe to Tuam and back again the same day, and carried two chairs on his back.
Another man lived in Durrow. He went from Durrow to Marnellsgrove and carried a plough home on his back.
A man still lives in Tubber who cut fifteen score stooks of oats in the day. His name is John Brennan.- Collector
- Peter Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonruff, Co. Galway
- In olden times there were very strong men and women in the districts of Ballymoe and Ballintubber.
A man named William Burke who lived in Cloonee turned a rood of lealand in one day. He could also carry seven hundred weight on his back.
There was another man named McLoughlin(continues on next page)- Collector
- Joe Griffin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonadarragh, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Lawrence Edwards
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonruff, Co. Galway