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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

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Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 18_015

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    Talking of strong men my father told me that a man of five feet aged about seventy three well known in the district of Goodwinsgarden as John O Brien could put a handkerchief through the rings of two half hundred weights and catch the handkerchief (as he had no teeth) and lift them in this way until he could stand quite straight, as this used to come easy to him.
    A man quite
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Lahert
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Denis Lahert
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny