School: Abbeylara
- Location:
- Mainistir Leathrátha, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: John O' Meara
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- (continued from previous page)night after he had walked to Dublin and back.
Mickey Carty, Cartronbore, Abbeylara, could carry six cut on his back and he could allow a wheel of a loaded cart to pass over his back. He could lift up a jennet on his shoulders and smoke a pipe at the same time. He was twenty three and a half stone weight.
Nipper Daly, Abbeylara, could carry two cart of tools on his back and run like a deer. He was four and a half feet in height and seven stone weight. He had a beard sixteen inches long.This was told to me by Michael Duffy, Abbeylara, Aged 51 years.
- Informant
- Michael Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Mainistir Leathrátha, Co. an Longfoirt
