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School: Naomh Colmcille (roll number 16047)

Location:
Aghamore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Aodhagáin
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    carry two buckets of water on her head and two buckets on her hands. She would also make a stack of oats or a stack of hay as good as any man.
    There was a man named James Ganley who could walk to Kilkelly and back a distance of six miles in half an hour. He could also carry two cwts of oats in his teeth.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Killeen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowneden, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr John Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Carrowneden, Co. Mayo