School: Cnoc Bhruis (Mount Bruis) (roll number 15158)
- Location:
- Bruis, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: M. Ní Chuinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0580, Page 158
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- Local Heroes
Athlete:
Almost every district can boast of its renowned athletes of long ago. whereever they went they bvecame famous. In this district of Ballinamorsough Co. Tipperary there lived about Twenty five years ago a man named James Fahey. He was an all round athlete, either in high jumping or the fifty six hound hammer he held the record for in his day. He was able to jump the height of six feet two inches.
After making a name he went to America where he was also famous. About seven years ago he came to visit his native home which is Monour, in the south side of theb parish of lattin, but to his suprise most of his friends were dead. Though
- Collector
- John Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Denis Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynamrossagh, Co. Tipperary
