School: Borris-in-Ossory (Convent) (roll number 7442)

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   every three months to sell firkins of butter. She used to get up in the morning at two o'clock, get ready her horse and cart and start for Kilkenny - the distance from Garron to Kilkenny being twenty six miles - and return home the same day.

   Long ago there was a famous runner whose name was Jim Gleeson. He lived in Mountrath. He delivered all the telegrams by running with them. He entered in every running match and always won a prize. He also could run to the top of a greased pole to get a ham on top. He never wore a pair of boots or shoes because no one wore them then. He saved his money and went to America to run races.

   

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   Dan Riordan, now eighty years, was a noted runner and walker. He could walk to Roscrea from Borris-in-Ossory - six miles - in an hour. He used to catch rabbits by running after them and catching them in their burrows.

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   Bernard Carroll

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois