School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)

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   went down under the water and he was not seen for a long time.
   Everyone thought he was drowned until he rose under Killurin Bridge, 3 miles away.

   

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2. A Local Hero

   

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   Once upon a time there lived a man in Crory whose name was John Reck. He walked to Dublin in a day and another man would want to be running to keep up with him. He used to win a good deal of walking races. This happened about y 40 years,, ago. He used to ,, go by the people of the parish as "Reck the Walker", There was not a man that time that could beat him walking. Often times men used to challenge him but failed to beat him. Once he challenged a man to walk to Dublin and who ever would do it in the shortest time would be the best. So they started off from a place called Castle Sow. They started off about 8 o'Clock in the morning and John Reck was in Dublin by 6 o clock that

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sean O' Leary

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Whitefort, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mr Bernard O' Leary

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Whitefort, Co. Wexford