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School: Naomh Colmcille (roll number 16047)

Location:
Aghamore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Aodhagáin
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    Once upon a time there lived a very big man named John Naughton who could lift a cement roller into a cart, and the weight of it was five hundred and a half. There was a man who could throw a stone weighing four stone twelve yards. It is said that there was a man named Gus Kearney from Mullingar who could run three miles in a quarter of an hour. There lived many years
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowneden, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Folliard
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowneden, Co. Mayo