School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)was in Knocktopher, a crowd of men were throwing a half-hundred weight in a back-yard of one of the shops.
John Murphy was in the shop and the proprietor asked him if he was going to have a throw at the weight. He said he would do something, and he went into the yard. There was a horse's cart there, and he put it up on his shoulder and brought it out on the street.
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- Collector
- John Comerford
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Philip Comerford
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny
