School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)throw the weight 26 ft 6 ins, but he was beaten by a man named Phelan.
The was a well known jumper, in Newtown his name being Pat O Brien.
He often jumped 18 ft 10 ins at sports, but was never beaten by anybody.
There was also in Kells some years ago a great long jumper named Hurley, who could jump 30 ft, but he was beaten by an opponent named Henry Young Newtown who could jump 42 ft.
- Collector
- Thomas O Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- James Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
