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School: Ballinacree (C.) (roll number 13966)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Eibhlín Bean Uí Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 278

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    A Great Swimmer
    Told by Edward Cullen aged 54 years, Clontiduffy, Mountnugent, Co. Cavan.
    Some years ago there lived a swimmer in Lake-view named Jack Sheridian. He often swam Lough Sheelan from the boat house to Carrick a distance of seven miles in a few hours.
    One evening himself, a child and an oarsman went out on the lake in a boat. When he had gone a certain distance he took hold of the child and threw him out into the lake then he jumped quickly in after him. He returned carrying the child on his back and kept going in and out under the boat with the child on his back. When he got into the boat the child was exhausted but there was no trouble
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Siubhaínín Ní Cuilinn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Edward Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Clontyduffy (Hart), Co. Cavan