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School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407, Page 036

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    In my locality there lived a man named John O Connell. He was a very strong man, as he weighed eighteen stone, ten pounds. Every day for his dinner he took three pounds of meat, and up to a stone of potatoes.
    He had five meals in the day, so you can guess, how he got so strong. In his youth he took part in athletics, running, jumping, weigh throwing etc.
    One Sunday after returning from Mass he went hunting. He met a crowd
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