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School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)

Location:: Rea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:: Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin

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is exactly 54 cwts he was at that time only 20 years of age. My father was witness to him lifting rail.

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Keane of Lybes

Second only to Shone Burns was Dl Keane of Lybes - he often measured his strength against Shone. It is told of him that he often took a sack of meal on his back from Duagh village to his hime in Lybes nearly half a mile away.