School: Droichead an Chláir (B.). Clarecastle
- Location:
- Clarecastle, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Háinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 342
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day himself and Joe Donelly challenged one another but John Mc Carty had it cut first. Frost was the best dancer in Clare.He went from place to place dancing.He was a step dancer.Tery Mc Mahon grandfather (Tullasa) lifted a stick of bog deal that five men failed to lift.He could dance a hornpipe on the back of a plate and he was an alround athlete.A man named Mc Cabe who is now dead was living in the town land of Killoe
parish of Clarecastle .he could bring a rolling stone about twelve hundred weight on his back.Seventy years ago there was there lived people by the name of O Donnelans (Darragh) and they could bring a plough and a harrow on their backs from Cahills hill to Killlassy to Mc Donnells (Darragh) a distance of about half a mile .He was a native of Darragh.
- Collector
- Norman Purtill
- Address
- Clarecastle, Co. Clare
