School: Baile Uí Dhuibh (B.) (roll number 13635)
- Location:
- Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Ambrose Madders
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0650, Page 175
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- (continued from previous page)way home. When the horse came
home without the man or van
people went out to look for him.
They found him dead in the
snoe.
Given by Mrs O'Keeffe Age 75 Kilmeaden Creamery, Co. Waterford to Matt Murphy Kilmeaden Co. Waterford.
- In this parish of Ballyduff and
KIlmeaden long ago and at the
present day there lived some strong
men who could lift heavy weights
and throw them in the
following. I am going to tell you
a story I heard about one of these
strong men. In the year nineteen
and thirteen there was a man
named Richard Power who lived in
Comsingaun. This man was noted
for being a vert good weight thrower.
He was working in a mill in
which he used to have to lift
heavy weights to weigh the meal
and so he became a famous weight
lifter and thrower. One day there
was a match between this man(continues on next page) - Collector
- Thomas Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mrs O' Keefe
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford
