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School: St. Brigid's, Newbliss (roll number 4192)

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Newbliss, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
John Cunningham
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 185

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    A man named Owen Brady of Killycraggy, Aghalough was great at tug o' war and always won the day for his team.
    One day on his way to Clones he was challenged by two men to pull them for £10.15 and he agreed. One of the men pulled out a rope and they started to pull. Owen won the first pull but was beaten in the second and they agreed to pull a third time and Owen won and got his money.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Sreenan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Mc Cardle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Aghalough, Co. Monaghan