School: Swords (C.) (roll number 7339)
- Location:
- Swords, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Shortall
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- Swords is noted for its strong men. Pat Savage Forest Road Swords, was famed for weigh lifting. He lifted a bag of potatoes with his teeth and held it for half an hour.In this village the people boasted of great runners. A man named Paddy White ran from Talka Bridge to Balbriggan.Collier the runner once laid a bet an English man that he would beat him in a race from Dublin to Belfast, but Collier won and the English man went home discouraged.
- Collector
- Theresa Donnelly
- Gender
- Female