School: Cloncovid
- Location:
- Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Savage
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- Local Heroes 5th June 1938Many years ago there lived in Mullahoran a man named Patrick McDermot who was the strongest man in the parish. He was always boasting of his strength so the people called him "The Heroe."
He could carry three times his own weight up fourteen steps of a ladder. He could throw a weight of four stone across a rope ten feet in height.
One evening many people came to see him throw, and Patrick was very proud. He challenged a few men to beat him in(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie E. Comasky
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Patrick Sheridan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloncovet, Co. Cavan