School: Cluain an Droma, Mullach (roll number 5267)
- Location:
- Cloonadrum, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Brian Ó Huiginn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 216
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- (continued from previous page)Bid Kileen of Clohanatinna went to Ennis with a bag of wool and a bogdeal hatchet She had her
wool carded and a mouth put on the hatchet and was back in time to milk her cows.
Brigid A' Reanna: Mrs Sexton from Rhine walked to Ennis bought 3 stones of wool and came back home to her house in one day carrying the wool.
James Brew of Tinurebeg (still alive) walked from Galway from a horse fair about 50 miles with a young fiely. He did the journey in a day.
Charles Mc Carthy: Cloonadrum walked from his own house in Kildysart with a cow about 20 miles.Strong Men
Danny Whelan: of Clohaninchy put a 8 cwt., rolling stone on a common cart. He straightened two 1/2 cwts over his head with his luídíns. He pulled a rolling stone out of the ground and stood it on one end.
John Callanan: Clohaninchy made a staple from a 6" nail with his bare hands.
Peter Cotter: (Sragh) lifted two half sacks of flour from a cart, one under each arm and put them into Tom Clancy's store in Quilty. He was a carter for Ryan's of Kilrush.
Martin Boland: (Shandrum) lifted a table with his teeth and carried it round the house.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Timothy Mc Namara
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rineroe, Co. Clare
