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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Teampoll Mór (roll number 9407)

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Templemore, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 178

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    tired and decided to seek his fortune in more exciting places. He signed as deck hand on board a ship on the Hudson river. There were some hard men on the river but soon Morrissey was acknowledged as champion. About this time championship fights were in progress New York City, and after one of these some one mentioned Morrissey as likely to beat any of them at which they only laughed. When Morrissey heard this he went to New York and went to this saloon frequented by boxers. Here he challenged the best of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Dea
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr D. Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72