School: Eanach Dubh (B.) (roll number 13656)
- Location:
- Annaduff, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Thomas Morahan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0214, Page 149
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- (continued from previous page)a benefit to my grandfather as he was paid for the field.All kinds of amusements were indulged in namely, boxing, wrestling, racing, jumping, singing, and dancing. There was gamecock fighting and gamecocks were brought from the surrounding counties.Hundreds use to come to support their own representatives.
- In olden times boxing was a very common game. The best boxer in my district was a man by the name of Pat Bohan of McLoughra, Mohill.He was about five feet ten inches in height. He worked in England. There were two hundred men working with him and he was the best boxer amongst them. One monring a man named Jack Bulger came a distance of forty.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Bernard Shanley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fearnaght, Co. Leitrim
