School: Park (roll number 9717)
- Location:
- Kilclammon, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Elizabeth Hogan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0898, Page 092
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- The heroes long ago were good for throwing weights and they were also good for jumping. There was once a man and he was the strongest man in the country for throwing weights. Once he threw a weight 80 feet and he got five pounds. His name was James Murphy of Camblia[?] New Ross.
There was another man and he was the best jumper in the country. He jumped 15 [?] feet high and he got ten pounds.
There was a great crowd on the cross roads at Shannons one time and there was a bet of five pounds to the person who would throw a stone ball the farthest. My father Owen O'Neill threw the ball the farthest and he got the five pounds. There was a man one night named Michael Kent of Terrerath and he raced a horse from(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary O' Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballylane East, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Owen O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballylane East, Co. Wexford
