School: Rear Cross, Newport (roll number 12124)

On this page

1. Local Heroes- Swift Runners (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   the river which is the boundary between Co.Tipp and Co Limerick it was in flood. He soon saw a stone in the middle of the river and it was about thirteen feet from each side. He jumped on to the rock and from the rock to the other side. When the horsemen saw the river in flood they knew that the horses would not be able to cross so they gave up following him and so he won the race. The distance from Keeper to the river is about seven miles and he did it in about one hour.
   Once a man by the name of William Caplis , formerly of Tourienbrien, parish of Kilcommon, Co. Tipperary succeeded in catching a rabbit by running after him.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. Local Heroes- Swift Runners

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   Edmond O'Toole, Shanbally, Newport, Co Tipp, was a very swift runner. One day a man from Doon challenged him to run. They ran from Doon and they were followed by a man on horseback and it gave the horse his best to keep up to them. Edmond won the race and had four pints of porter drank before the other man came.

   (continues on next page)

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John O' Toole

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Shanbally, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Denis O' Toole

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Shanbally, Co. Tipperary