School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Baile Dháith, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 174
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- There were many heroes long ago but there are not very many of them now.
There was a man in Dunlavin, who was a very good runner. There used be Sports meetings and prizes were given to the winner of the race. They had to run from Hollywood to Dunlavin. The winner's name was Kearns (R.I.P.) and he got a silver tea-pot for prize.
About twenty-two years ago, a man by the name of Curran, from Aughrim, lifted an anvil in his teeth in the forge in Kiltegan. He lifted it from the floor and put it on a block about a foot high. The anvil was very heavy. (He put the anvil in a sheet and lifted the sheet in his teeth.
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- Elizabeth Hanlon
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