School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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- John Connor, a groom in Mr. Irwin's, Staleen, jumped across the Locks at Staleen Donore which are 18 feet wide.
- William Nixon who worked for McConnell's of Sheephouse was once ploughing a field on the top of the Big Hill and every morning he used to carry the plough up the hill on his back, and in the evening he carried it home again.
- Tom Gavan was a very good runner and he won many races during his time. His pace was about a mile in five minutes. He lived at Platten, Drogheda.
- Collector
- Gerard Victory
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Victory
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Donore, Co. Meath
