School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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- This man was a notable weight thrower. He threw weights over in the United States of America.
He won a small silver cup in America. He took it home to Eire with him. Once he made a bet with his fellow workers.
He threw an iron weight weighing seven cwts six yards while another man threw a slight weight only three and a half yards.
His mane is James Kealty
Shanballymor
Dunmore Co. GalwayHe is a brother of(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eta B. Fleming
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dunmore, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs N. Fleming
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway