School: Clonshough
- Location:
- Clonshagh, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: C. Ní Bhroin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 433
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- he could go no farther because the floods stopped him at Newry.Collected by C. McGuinness, Belcamp, Raheny, Co. Dublin.
26.2.38I heard of a local hero named Harris who lived in Santry.
He ran from O'Connell's Bridge to Drogheda Bridge in about two hours and a half.
At a sports in Croke Park he challenged the best trotting pony in Ireland in a ten mile race.
He got an odds of two laps and the pony only beat him by eight yards. Collected by Molly Moran,
Elm Park, Beaumont, Drumcondra.
- Collector
- Molly Moran
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Pupil
- Address
- Beaumont, Co. Dublin
- (continued from previous page)I heard of a Local Hero named Harris who lived in Santry.
He ran from O'Connell's Bridge to Drogheda Bridge in about two hours and a half.
At a sports in Croke Park he challenged the best trotting pony in Ireland in a ten mile race.
He got an odds of two laps and the pony only beat him by eight yards.
