School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Ráth Domhnaigh, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: P. Ó Héigceartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 023
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- One of the most famous runners of my dictrict was a man by the name of Batty Lenard who lives in Uill Street,Rathdowney in the year 1922. He used to compete against a man by the name of John Hennessy from Borris in Ossory at the Spaw in Johnstown. The onlookers always said that Lenard just won the game. Another runner was Tomas Bird who lived in this town. When he was a little boy he lived in Aughmcart about 5 miles from Rathdowney.
- Collector
- P. Curran
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Ráth Domhnaigh, Co. Laoise
- Informant
- P. Gorman
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 74
