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1. Local Heroes - a Great Walker

   

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   An old man named John Kiernan lived in my district a long time ago. He walked to Dublin one day in eight hours a distance of fifty miles. He left his home at six o'clock in the morning and was in Dublin at two o'clock that night. He left Dublin at twelve o'clock and was back home again at eight o'clock that evening. He was eighty five years of age when he died. He was a noted man for all he travelled on foot. An another occasion he walked from Arva to Longford a distance of twenty miles in three hours.

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   Topics

   1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. pearsana stairiúla (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Owen Duffy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile Uí Dhufaigh, Co. an Longfoirt

   Informant

   John Kiernan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile Uí Dhufaigh, Co. an Longfoirt