School: Baile Uí Dhuibh (B.) (roll number 13635)
- Location:
- Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Ambrose Madders
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- In this parish of Ballyduff and
KIlmeaden long ago and at the
present day there lived some strong
men who could lift heavy weights
and throw them in the
following. I am going to tell you
a story I heard about one of these
strong men. In the year nineteen
and thirteen there was a man
named Richard Power who lived in
Comsingaun. This man was noted
for being a vert good weight thrower.
He was working in a mill in
which he used to have to lift
heavy weights to weigh the meal
and so he became a famous weight
lifter and thrower. One day there
was a match between this man(continues on next page)