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School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 459

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    Ned Finn of Larganboy was a great sack lifter. He once carried a sack of oats containing eight hundred weight. He could straighten half-a-hundred weight ten times in succession in one hand.
    Tom Kearns of Shanraghra was a great jumper. He could jump over five feet.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larganboy East, Co. Mayo