School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)

Location:
Rea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 413

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  1. At one time, there English visitors at Fitzmaurices in Kilcara, Duagh, These Fitzmaurice were a Protestants family who owned a big track of land around Duagh. Among the visitors was one brave strong fellow, who did great feats in England and had a great opinion of himself. One day as the visitors were walking in the lawn where there was a great big stone, which Shone Burns, used to lift. This famous English man had great looking at the stone, and Mr Fitzmaurice said, "you seem to thing you could lift that", I don't presume any such thing", replied the Englishman, or there "isn't a man in Ireland, to lift it", "I bet you 10 pounds I get a man sixty years of age to lift it"
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    J. O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathoran, Co. Kerry