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School: Druim na dTréad

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Drumnatread, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Stondúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1019, Page 328

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    Brian McGinty of Lappandugg is supposed to be the best stone thrower in this district. He could throw a stone at least a quarter of a mile. About a mile from our house there lived a man called John Rogers who could throw the six and fifty or as we know it the half hundred weight about fifty yards. Brian McGinty could throw.
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