School: Grangegeeth (roll number 2630)

Location:
Grangegeeth, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Seósaimhín, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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  1. "Big John" Dempsey
    "Mc Ginty" Commons
    "Fergus" McGuiness
    "Tall Pat" Ward
    "Titler" Connolly
    "The Jockey" Callan (Fond of riding on horseback)
    "The Wise Man" Mc Cullough (He is very clever)
    "Shifty" Carroll
    "Yankee" Elliots
    "Madrid" Kennedy
    "Bunsy" Carpenter
    "The Bum" K Cassidy
    "Nippy" Maguire
    "Bally" Wogan
    "Tall Whack" Devin (He is very tall)
    "Neary" Meade (because Neary was the farmer tenant that lived in it before him)
    "Lipton" Mc Connell (Was always talking about Lipton's tea)
    "Bones" Ward (got that name because he was very thin)
    "Pigeon" Carraher (is so called because he is dark and stout)
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