School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 243
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- Willie Jackson
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- Long ago, there lived a man in Streamstown named Brian Rafferty was able to go down on his knees and lift four ten stones cleeves of potatoes on his back.John Carbrey a native of Killbegan was working in the Distillery in Killbegan and was able to get a bag of barley containing forty stone and carry it a ladder.A small man named Joseph Mooney was one of the best runners in Ireland. He beat a champion runner named Cunniffe in a half mile race in an Athletic Sports in Moate.A man named Thomas Kelly of Streamstown was able start walking to Dublin at rising of the sun(continues on next page)
