School: Garryross
- Location:
- Garryross, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 356
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- (continued from previous page)A man named Mackey, a poor fisherman who lied near Kells used to walk to three markets towns the one day. He challenged an army officer to jump on one occasion. The jump was across a lane taking the ditch on both sides. The length all told would be a perch. Mackey jumped clean but the officer cut the heels of himself against the ditch.
- In the year 1839 about the 29th of September a great wind rose. It started at eleven o clock at night. It blew roofs of houses and knocked trees. It blew stacks of oats miles away. It knocked a house on a man who was in bed and the gable end fell across him and the neighbours rescued him next day. His name was Thomas Ruadh he lived in Clonkeefy.In the year 1914 on the 14th of August a great thunder storm started at ten o clock in the morning and never stopped till four o clock next morning. It burned a hole in a cottage at Ballyjamesduff. It scorched the bed clothes over two children in bed, killed sheep, horses, cows and calves in this area.
- Collector
- Brigid Nic Loinsigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonkeiffy, Co. Cavan
