School: Páirc na Rian (C.), Rampark, Jenkinstown (roll number 4882)
- Location:
- Rampark, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0660, Page 235
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- A man named Owen McGrath who lived in Loughanmore threw a shoulder stone a distance of three quarters of a mile from Giles Quay to Riverstown.
A man named Dan Ferguson a native of Gyles Quay threw a stone a distance of two or three miles into the sea. He was the only man who could throw it.
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Raghallaigh
- Gender
- Female
- The McEntee family won a boatrace at the Gyles Quay Regatta in the year 1922. They rowed from the pier for a couple of miles out in the bay. Their father also won several prizes for boat racing.
