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School: Cill Bheacáin (B.) (roll number 13659)

Location:
Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P.S. Mac Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 383

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    walked to Droghedain twenty four hours.
    In the mill in Lissaniskea a crowd of men gathered throwing the half hundreweight over the beam. The beam was eleven feet from the ground and John Kelly from Milltown was the only person to do this.
    Edward Murphy, who has a shop in Ballyhaunis lifted seven hundredweight of oats of the scales. Patrick Duffy of Belisker came next to him by lifting six hundredweight.
    James Cunnane, who was living in Cloonbuliban, laid two half hundredweights out on the ground put his hand under bars and lifted the up straight. Patrick
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank Kirrane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonbulban, Co. Mayo