School: An Mhainistir, Móin Rátha (roll number 14243)

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Mountrath, Co. Laois
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Br Columban Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 306

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    which he was suffering for two years. for fifteen years he was a member of the Consolidated Stock Exchange in Manhattan. He built the present at 297 Degraw Street for his first match with Lawlor, for the championship of the United states in 1887, and the court has been frequented by players ever since, many of Irish Nationality. In 1871 he and Dunne went to Chicago and defeated O'Brien, and Farren for the championship and in 1897 they defeated Carney, and Keegan for the same title, and a side bet of $2000. He led a most obstemious existence, and for a long time his sudden physical breakdown puzzled his friends. It was he who trained John L O'Sullivan for his fight with James J. Corbett.
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