School: Clochar na Trócaire, Teampoll Mór (roll number 9407)
- Location:
- Templemore, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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- (continued from previous page)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(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Dea
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr D. Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72