School: Coralstown (roll number 1314)
- Location:
- Correllstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Beóláin
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- (continued from previous page)get her in with this man and so on but not a word about the business until several more visits and then work began in earnest. There would be more splitting and dividing of money than at the sale of a hunter until they would finish up in the nearest town in some pub where he would have a glorious day.
- Footys Bridge on the Royal Canal is belonging to Coralstown parish. It takes its name from Footy a great wrestler who once lived there. In later years a man name Connor lived close by. He was called Footy Connor and he was also a wrestler and he walked to the Phoenix Park on one occasion to meet his man. He was also a shoemaker by trade. When he was in want of leather he was often known to walk to Dublin for his supply and carry it home on his back a distance of forty five miles and could do(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brendan Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinla, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Thomas Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinla, Co. Westmeath
