School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 14952)

Location:
Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Caoimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 078

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 078

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  1. There was a great weight-thrower named Ned Walsh he used to throw fifty-six pound weight twenty feet.
    A man named Jack Hussey of Edinburn won his fame on the sport-field if Munster as a hundred yards runner.
    One day a man by the name of O Mara of Killarney challenged him for a run. Hussey accepted the challenge and the race was run in Tralee.
    The two of them began and they held together but Hussey carried the tape.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Kitty O Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doolaig South, Co. Kerry