School: Clochar
- Location:
- Clogher, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhimsithigh
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- A man named Paddy Finnigan can throw a stone seventy eight feet away. He lives in the Scotch Corner Clontibret. A man named Onney Brady can jump a river twenty feet wide, he lives in Oghill. A man named James Mc Ginnity can lift a hundred weight over his head. He lives in Crinkle Doohamlet. A man named Micky Mc Nally of Doohamlet can run twenty miles in a half a hour. William Gardner can catch a Rabbit running across a field, he lives in Crinkle Mill Keenan is the best dancer in our district. She lives in Crinkle. A man named Paddy Mooney is the best rider on a horse in our district. He lives in Crinkle. A man named Jim Lockman can jump a ditch ten feet high. He lives in Oghill, Doohamlet. Frank Keenan of Crinkle is the best mower in our district. He can mow an acre in a day. Ernest Gilliland did mow forty acres in one season with a scythe. He lives in Corfad near the town of Ballybay.
- Collector
- Henry Carlew
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Toome, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs Carlew
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toome, Co. Monaghan