School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)onwards he was Fennelly the giant instead of Mr Fennelly. About fifty years ago James Walsh Kells ran a five mile hurl race at atheltic sports at Captain Knock's lawn Ballytobin and won a gold cup presented which was valued for fifty sovereigns. The cup still stands in a neighbour's best room a few yards from Mr Walsh's house. A man named Timothy Hennessy Coolagh in his day was a great(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máirín Ní Longáin
- Other names
- Máirín Ní Longáin
- Maureen Lanigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Kellsborough, Co. Kilkenny