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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 64

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    In the year 1870 Thomas Kielty lived in Kiltimagh. He was well-educated, a land surveyor and could estimate the cost of building houses, walls, bridges, etc. He was unassuming and quiet in disposition, he was popular and a great favourite with all hands, rich and poor, and moderate in his charges.
    Kielty was by nature a noble-minded soul. County people looked upon Kielty as something akin to super-man, that he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighid Mulhern
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James O' Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo