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School: Cormaddyduff

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Cormaddyduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ní Ghiolla Sheanain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 211

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    walkers in Ireland. Paddy took his breakfast at the same table in Ballyjamesduff with other men and set out to walk to Arva to a fair. His comrades set out to go by motor car. When they got out of the car in Arva they met Paddy and were at dinner together in a restaurant after walking all the way.
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    Pat Carroll of Crohan was a famous swimmer and diver, he saved a man from drowning in Lough Ramor Carroll was a distance of half a mile from the lake when word came to him that a man had been drowned. He ran all the way drawing off his clothes as he ran, dived into the lake and took the man
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cormaddyduff, Co. Cavan