School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

Location:
Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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  1. Long ago a man named Brian Allen who was competing at an Athletic sports held in Ballynacargy threw a half cwt. 30 feet - twenty feet further than his nearest rival.
    Matthew Twyble a native of Mullingar walked from Mullingar to Castlepollard, a distance of ten miles, each morning before his breakfast.
    A man named Andrew Farrell would mow an acre each day with a scythe.
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