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School: St Feighin's, Collinstown (roll number 14450)

Location:
Collinstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sean Flood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 037

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    (continued from previous page)
    adays hardlly anyone can lift a plough. He could carry a stone six hundred - a good distance. Around his house there are a lot of stone walls. (aro) Some of these walls are eight feet wide and ten feet high. These walls are around a garden and a field which belonged to him. There are some stones more than a ton weigh in these walls and it is not known how he got them there. He built the walls all the night. He is dead about forty year and his son is dead about ten years.
    I heard this account from my father, who lives in Glenidan, Collinstown, Co. Westmeath.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenidan, Co. Westmeath