School: Ballinacliffy
- Location:
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 239
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- There is a big stone in Inchboffin. It is three hundreds weight. It is said that it takes a very strong man to move it It shaped like an ounce of tobacco. A man named Pat Slevin moved it. He was about twenty-five years when he moved it. He is now dead.
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- Collector
- John Reid
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Charles Mc Elinn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
