School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Clongeen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 222
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- (continued from previous page)Bill Carroll of Newcastle was famed for his great strength. It was no trouble to him to lift a stone roller into a horse's car and he never called for any help to do so.One day while he was working with another farmer Mr. Quigley Faree a cow fell into a trench down by the Bank of the River.
He went down and took her out, but she had sprained herself in calving and was not able to stand. It was a small Kerry cow so he took her up in his arms and carried her up to the farmyard, for there was a heavy frost falling and the trench was full of water. The distance from the trench to the farmyard was about 1/2 mile.
- Bill Carroll carried a 21 stone sack of flour under his arm from his home in Newcastle to Carrolls shop in Clongeen + sold it there and in very quick time too.
- Informant
- P. Kelly
- Address
- Foulkesmill, Co. Wexford
