School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór

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Kells, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máthais Íde
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    held the axle in one hand and drove the horse with the other all the way to Kells. Tommy Sheridan performed a similar feat.
    A weight thrower
    Philip Farrelly from Feartagh, Virginia was a great wight thrower. Some say he was nearly as good as Mat the thrasher, and others say he excelled him.
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  2. The Castle of Muff is one mile from Kingscourt. A certain man wanted stones to build a house and asked permission to knock this castle. He was refused, so he went secretly and undermined the castle, and soon
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