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School: Tullyvin

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Tullyvin, Co. Cavan
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M. Feeney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 371

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    There was a man named Thomas Carroll who used to walk to Dublin. One day there was a bet to see who was the best walker in Co Cavan. He challenged ten men to walk from Cootehill to Dublin a distance of 52 Irish miles and to bring a bottle of whiskey with the mans name on it out of Dublin.
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