School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis (roll number 7315)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire Ní Dhomhnalláin
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- Patrick O'Brien was a great walker. He lived somewhere around Barefield, but the exact place is not known. One day he walked to Galway which is about forty miles from Ennis.
Michael O'Connor was a great swimmer. He was born a few miles outside Ennis on the Ennis-Corofin road. He often swam three miles before his breakfast in the morning. One day when he was swimming he got a cramp and was drowned.
James Tuttle was a great mower. He lived about three miles from Ennis. He could mow and English acre in about two hours.
Fire-ball Mac Namara of Moyreish who fought at Vinegar Hill was a hero at shooting. He could throw a penny into the sky and shoot the middle out of it when it was coming down.
There was a man named Sean Healy living in Garus Mills, Doora(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary O' Riordan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Abbey Street, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Pako Malone
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Tom Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ennis, Co. Clare