Scoil: Killanure, Mountrath (uimhir rolla 8095)
- Suíomh:
- Cill an Iúir, Co. Laoise
- Múinteoir: C. Ní Dhubhlainn
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Ar an leathanach seo
- (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)him, He made a "spring" and landed in the horse's back behind chambers. He was also recognised as a great runner and it is said that he could manage the wildest horse when others failed.
This Jeremiah Burke and Timothy Chambers always rode horses to funerals. - About 60 yrs ago a man named William Moore of Gurteen and a man named William Bowe of Bordwin ran a race to find the champion ( as they were the two best runners in this district) The race was run on a Sunday morning after Mass in Killanure.The "bet" or "stake" was half crown each. The atakes were held by a man the name of Martin Gannon or Gaynon. The race started at the present Mrs Jackson's house in Inchiniskey
(Innse-in uisce) and finisshed at John Breen's gate on the "Black Gate". Bowe was leading by two yards at the bridge when Moore shouted "You or I for the money now". He got past Bowe and won by 3 or 4 minutes. From that day out William Moore was looked upon as the champion Runner Of Killanure.