School: Boher (roll number 9409)
- Location:
- Bracknahevla, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Kavanagh
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- (continued from previous page)carts with stones - twice as heavy as the timber. The mules had no difficulty in drawing the stones. On trying them again with the timber - they refused and on forcing them very hard they both lay down and died.
- Early in the 18th century, the land about Killare was owned by a man named Robert Matthias, better known as Bob. He lived in Killare house, a short distance from the village. He kept hunting horses for his sons and daughters. Now, among them was a valuable mule. The mule was often ridden by one of his daughters
The mule when(continues on next page)
