School: Rosenallis (roll number 5442)
- Location:
- Rosenallis, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Mrs L. Dagg
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- (continued from previous page)Irish and English all on a slate, He taught always in the open air but in secret.
- 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.- Collector
- Michael Dagg
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corbally, Co. Laois
- Informant
- John Kane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corbally, Co. Laois