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School: Naomh Colmcille (roll number 16047)

Location:
Aghamore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Aodhagáin
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    There was once a man named Mick Dignan who could throw a cart of two cwts, six yards away with one hand. There was once a man named Michael Cionawn of Cross-Ard who could jump a river, ten feet wide backwards.
    There was once a man named Michael Follaird of Coolnaha, who could put a two-cwt bag of oats into a cart with one hand. There is a man named William Lyons of Cross-Ard who could walk a distance of
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dennis Finnegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolnaha North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Grealy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolnaha North, Co. Mayo