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School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

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Milltown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 422

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    Peter Flanagan that he was the stronger of the two. Joe Taylor lived in Kildare and Peter Flanagan lived in Newbridge. They met at the Curragh near Rosmore in the year 1910. Joe Taylor started first; he put a hundred-weight of flour on each shoulder and jumped seven feet.
    But Flanagan was not satisfied with the flour alone he got the wheel of an ass-car, tied a strong rope around it, put it over his shoulder and hung it, by the rope from his teeth. Then he put the flour on his shoulders and jumped the seven feet. Flanagan was cheered, and carried shoulder-high from the scene of the contest.
    I got this story from,
    Age 54 yrs. Thomas Ivory,
    Rathbride,
    Newbridge,
    Signed: E Tiernan.
    Milltown,
    Newbridge,
    Co. Kildare.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    E. Tiernan
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Thomas Ivory
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Rathbride, Co. Kildare