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School: Rosenallis (roll number 5442)

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Rosenallis, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Mrs L. Dagg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0823, Page 349

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    HIGH JUMPERS;
    John Wrafter, Derry, Rosenallis.Laoighis, Jumped hjis own heught which is six feet, He was challenged by a man named John Deegan.
    WEIGHT THROWER;
    John Wrafter also was a weight thrower. He threw a four stone weight twenty two feet.
    GREAT WALKERS;
    Peg Lynam,Corbally,Rosenallis, Laoighis walked to Dublin in a day. She knitted a stocking going and another coming back.John Kane, Gurteen, Rosenallis,Laoighis walked to Dublin in ten hours.
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