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School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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    Daoine Cáiliúla 27 - 9 - 1938
    Long ago, there lived a famous boxer in Bunrower called John Horse. He was a great bully. He was as big and fat as two men and each fist was as big as a man's head. Every morning, he would hang around the top of a hill and ask if there was anyone to fight with him, and one morning
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Tom Heraty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Forkfield or Gowel, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tim Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Mayo