School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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A Strong Man
9th Dec; 1937About one hundred years ago there lived a very strong man in Granard, Co. Longford. His name was Patrick Monaghan, and he could carry a twenty stone bag of potatoes under his arm. He could hold a race horse in his hand, and run eleven miles in an hour. He could also carry a thirty five stone sack of oats up twenty steps of a ladder.Mary Kearney, age 13.
Tromra, Granard, Co. Longford.
Got from Mrs Mary Finnegan, Age 40.
Tromra, Granard, Co. Longford.- Collector
- Mary Kearney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tromra, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Finnegan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Tromra, Co. Longford