School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)
- Location:
- Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Louis A. Duffy
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“In the townland of Ashmount, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, there lived a man named Barney Finnegan.”
In the townland of Ashmount, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, there lived a man named Barney Finnegan. He was famous on the football field.
- In the townland of Lannett, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, there lived a man named Patrick Meegan, he was famous for weight throwing. He could throw a fifty - six lb. weight, forty feet.
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“There lived a man in the townland of Dromore, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, called James Hamill.”
There lived a man in the townland of Dromore, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, called James Hamill. He was known over the country for lifting weights. A man named Bernard McGuill, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, put on a bet of five pounds with James Hamill that he could lift a heavier weight, The contest took place in Carrickmacross, McGuill(continues on next page)