School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)
- Location:
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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- (continued from previous page)to Ballina eight years in succession. Their names were - John and Jim Crean
Behy mór, Ballina.
Boxers - Once upon a time there was a man in Ballina named John Hoban. He was very poor, but he was very strong. One day a man came over to his house for a visit. The man asked him would be like to get some money. John Hoban said he would.
There was a man named Duffy in Ballina from Sligo challenging any man in Ballina for a fight. People in Ballina gave a ten pound note to the winner.
The two men met on the bridge to fight. At last the man from Ballina hit him a blow and knocked him out. The man in Ballina won plenty of money for himself after that. The man's names was - John Hoban
Ballina.
- Collector
- Edward Rafter
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Behy Beg, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr John Rafter
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Behy Beg, Co. Mayo
