School: Kildalkey (B.) (roll number 867)
- Location:
- Kildalkey, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Fearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 082
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There was a man called Michael cooney who won great fame on the field of activity in the tenth century. He was a verys trong tall man. He was six foot eleven inches in height. He lived in a small house in the suburbs of Kildalkey. A man the name of Carrol from Ballybrittas was a champion thrower.He won the championship of Ireland in the fourteenth century. It is extraordinary to know that he was the only man at that time to lift a hundred weight over his head in his right hand. There was a great challenge between two men, their names were John Reilly and James Davin. They challenged each other to run a hundred yards and jump the Stoneyford river but they were evens and they had to try it again and James Davin won it.
Philip Browne
Told by Mrs. Browne, Ballyboys, Kildalkey.
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- Philip Browne
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Browne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyboy, Co. Meath
