Local Heroes

Abstract: Story collected by Richard Tobin, a student at Baile Dubh (2), (B.) school (Ballyduff, Co. Waterford) from informant Mr Richard Tobin.

Original reference: 0634/4/28

 Baile Dubh (2), (B.) [Vol. 0634, Chapter 0004]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Waterford County Schools

COLLECTOR
Tobin, Richard 
Gender
male
Location
Lismore and Mocollop (Civil parish) 
Coshmore and Coshbride (Barony) 
Waterford (County) 
INFORMANT
Tobin, Mr Richard 
Gender
male
Location
Lismore and Mocollop (Civil parish) 
Coshmore and Coshbride (Barony) 
Waterford (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Local Heroes  [duchas:4376702]

John Egan Tobin was born in Ballyduff. He was a very famous athlete, a runner particularly. He jumped into a meat barrel with a half hundred weight suspended from each small finger and wrote his name inside with the half-weight on the fingers and jumped out again.
In
Cahir, Co. Tipperary he beat a race horse in a hundred yards sprint. It took him nine, two fifth seconds to do it. He beat an Englishman name O Curry who challenged him in Lismore and he beat him. There was a record crowd to witness the contest.
A
local man named James Condon walked from Ballyduff to Dungarvan a distance of twenty miles. It took him an hour to walk it. He was going to a fair. The famous runner jumped over a carriage and two horses. Garret Cotter a famous swimmer swam from Lismore to Ballyduff against the current.

Resource description

Origin information
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 322
Volume 0634
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Murchadha.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Historical persons--Pearsana stairiúla
Informant location
Ballyduff An Baile Dubh Ballyduff Lismore and Mocollop Coshmore and Coshbride Waterford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4503149
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0634/4/28

Suggested credit
"Local Heroes"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4503149>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Murchadha.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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