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School: Ballykelly

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Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 245

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    There was a poor man named Foran lived in Saltmills and he was very fond of tobacco. One day he had no tobacco and he saw a ship waiting at the Barrow-Bridge for a pilot to bring her to New Ross. He took off his clothes and tied them in a bundle on his head and swam to the ship for tobacco and back again. The distance from Saltmills to the Barrow-Bridge is three miles.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dominick Hearn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Martin O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballysop, Co. Wexford