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School: Granard (2) (roll number 14883)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Úna, Bean Éaléod
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 172

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    group of people pitch money to a stone and th eperson who is the nearest to the stone gets the first toss
    When people are weight throwing they get a big weight and throw it and the person that throws it the furthest wins.
    On Coolarty road there was a person killed and there is a memorial in the form of a cross.
    I got this information from Dennis Mulhare who lives in Ballnamoney and his age is sixty three
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Dennis Mulhare
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63