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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0258, Page 243

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    Brennan, Cloonadra walked to Claremorris and back the same day. Molly Carley kept a little shop in Anratabeg near where Peter Gills house now stands. Once a month she went to Dublin for herrings, salt, blue, starch, candles for her shop. She carried her customers eggs in a cleeve on her back which often weighed one hundred. She would arrive in Dublin at the end of the day with a pair of womens stockings knitted. She would get her goods and start back next day and have another pair of womens stockings completed. This is a distance of sixty three miles both ways.
    Great Jumpers. Patrick Carroll, Gardenstown jumped the mountain river which was sixteen feet wide. Tom Donohoe and Pat Hanley jumped a six feet gate.
    Great Dancers. Mrs. Connor and Mrs. Kelly, Lisanaria, Lanesboro, Roscommon are great
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Oates
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gardenstown, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Gardenstown, Co. Roscommon