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School: Creach na mBearna

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Greaghnafarna, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 100

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    There were very strong men in Arigna at one time, and I used to hear men sitting around the fire on a winter's night tell of remarkable feats of strength and endurance.
    One man named James Rynn of Cornagee carried a half a ton in a bag on his back for a wager of a bottle of brandy. This action was
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