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School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

Location:
Kanturk, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 587

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    And the cross was called after him.
    He used to mow about two acres everyday.
    Denis Flaherty was a great story teller. Any time you would meet him he would have some story about Kilmacow or about the surrounding district.
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    I knew a man of the name of O' Connor who walked twenty miles to a fair with cattle and home again. I heard of a man of the name of O' Brien who jumped a river twenty five feet. Another one challenged him but he did not succeed.
    I heard of another of the name of Cornelius Murphy Banteer; who was the greatest walker of his time. I heard
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Thornton
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Nora Thornton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Paal West, Co. Cork