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   Local Heroes. A good dancer

   age of 87 years.
   Told to me by grandfather Patrick Lennon. Paddenstown, Ballynacargy. died two years ago aged 97 years.
   Written by Maureen Kelly. Irishtown National school. aged 14 years
   Date 12th May 1938.

   

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2. Local Heroes - Flute Player

   

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   About one mile from my home there are the ruins of an old house, once the residence of a great flute player. He was very very old and stiff, but he used to go to marriage feasts and wakes all through the adjoining counties riding on a donkey. Like all other musicians he was fond of a drop of whiskey, and if he thought it was in the house you could not stop his playing. He played in the choir at Milltown when the church was only a thatched one. Once there was a contest in Moyvore and competitors from all over Ireland were present but it was given to John Fagan for having the nicest manner of playing

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   Topics

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      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Kelly

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Irishtown, Co. Westmeath