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School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)

Location:
Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Louis A. Duffy

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 022

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“About fifty years ago there lived at Drumcatton, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, a man named Mathew Rooney who was a great walker.”

About fifty years ago there lived at Drumcatton, Inniskeen, Co, Monaghan, a man named Matthew Rooney who was a great walker. One day he made up his mind to go to a fair in Newry, as there was no border at the time. He started at nine o'clock, and was in Newry at one o'clock, and got his boots soled and arrived home at five o'clock in the evening.

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James Lennon
Gender
male
Address
Killaconner, Co. Louth
Language
English

Great Mower

There lived in Kilconnor, Inniskeen, Co. Louth, a man named Peter Clark, who was a great mower. He could mow

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