A hermit of the Tipperary Mountains, Michael Connolly, known locally as “Johnny of the Hills,” was the subject of an inquest, at which it was stated that he lived alone in the open for 25 years, often slept out covered with snow—and wakened up a fresh man, was found dead in a small structure covered with heather, into which a police officer had was steel in a human frame, this was an instance,'’ commented the coroner. Death from natural causes was the verdict.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19529, 11 July 1925, Page 17
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83Page 17 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Daily Times, Issue 19529, 11 July 1925, Page 17
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