School: Killeen, Granard (roll number 13752)

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   put a stone in a sling and he fired it at the deer and he struck her on the brain and she fell dead.
   Mrs Fagan Killeen aged 86 years told me about the rest of these strong men.
   Harry Reynolds Killeen Granard.

   

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2. Local Heroes

   

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   418 Local Heroes Long ago a great jumper named Patrick Kelly lived in Toneywarden. One day he was at a sports and there was a man named John Brady and he put up a jump ten feet high and he said he would give Kelly six pounds if he would jump it. Then Kelly went back about six feet from the jump and ran to it and jumped it and Brady gave him the six pounds whilst he was cheered by all that were at the sports. One of the best swimmers ever lived in Toneywarden was James Stephson and he lived about a 100 years ago. One day he was out swimming with his brother on a Laugh and

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Cunningham

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tonywardan, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Mrs Kearney

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   81

   Address

   Tonywardan, Co. Longford