School: Shinrone (C.)
- Location:
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mary Mc Mahon
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 151](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0819%2FCBES_0819_151.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 151
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Shinrone (C.)
- XML Page 151
- XML “Local Heroes”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Abut fifty years ago Michael Kelly was the mower in the parish of Shinrone.
He lived at Killmurry cross and it is said that he was able to mow an acre a day.
About sixty years ago there was a man by the name of Billy Hensey at Spring Park Shinrone. He was supposed to be the best hedgecutter around here.
It was said that he was able to cut a hundred yards an hour.- Collector
- Pauline Landy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly