School: Shinrone (B.)
- Location:
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: William Mac Mahon
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- In the district of Shinrone there was a man named Michael Kelly who about 20 years ago was the best mower around Shinrone. He could mow an Irish acre of grass in a day with an hour for his dinner and a half an hour for tea.
- The best hedge cutter around Shinrone was William Hensey who lived about sixty years ago. He could cut a hundred yards of a ditch in one hour.
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- Collector
- George Spencer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Jack Spencer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly