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Article : 50 wordsFRIDAY, 18th March, are the day and date of the Muskerry annual sports, for which Mr. P. O'Dwyer forwards a capital programme, £16 is devoted to the Sheffield ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Tue 8 Mar 1892, Page 2
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