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   a bed tick and brought it with him for the potatoes. He filled the tick and he carried six hundred of potatoes home on his back a distance of two miles.

   Tom McGovern who lived in the townland of Gub in the parish of Glangevlin Co. Cavan was a very strong man. He carried a two hundred bag of meal and four stone of flour from Swanlinbar to his own home a distance of eleven miles.

   There was Civic Guard in the parish of Glangevlin who was a good jumper. He could jump six feet the height of himself backwards and forwards.

   Hugh McGovern, Coraglass, Glangevlin was a good swimmer. One day he and Peter Dolan went into swim in a lough. When they were in a while Peter got afraid and he would have been lost only that Hugh was a good swimmer.

   He took Peter on his back and swam to the other side of the lough. James Harte was also a good swimmer. He lived in the townland of Carrick in the parish of Glangevlin. He could swim in and take out birds that would be shot on the lakes. James was also a good mower. Bartly McGovern who lived in the townland of Moneensauran in the parish of Glangevlin would be able to mow one acre in one day.

   Peter Fitzpatrick who lived in the townland of Gub in the parish of Glangevlin, Co Cavan was a noted dancer. He could dance reels, jigs and hornpipes galore and a singer you could not find his equal.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Mc Govern

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Moneensauran, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Patrick Mc Govern

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   40

   Address

   Moneensauran, Co. Cavan