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School: Cill Cruain (C) (roll number 11187)

Location:
Ballyglass South, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Brighid Ní Náradaigh Cáit Bean Uí Standúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 331

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    A man named Charles Kelly, Ballintubber was able to jump a height higher than himself.
    Martin Doyle Bookla could mow an acre of meadow in one day.
    James Dowling, Roscommon, used to hold out his hand and hold a five stone weight in it for five minutes. This man could jump a wall seven feet high.
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      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
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    Collector
    Mary Dillon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Marnellsgrove, Co. Galway

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    There was a man named Willie Burke living in Ballymoe. He was able to carry a five curt bag of salt on his back from the railway station of Ballymoe to Ballymoe town which was a distance of two miles.
    There was another man who lived in Castlerea.
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