School: Cill Bheacáin (B.) (roll number 13659)
- Location:
- Bekan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P.S. Mac Donnchadha
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- The first football match played in this district, that I heard of was between Knock, the neighbouring parish and Bekan.
A man that was in England brought the football to this parish and after practising for about a year they said they would play against Knock. The field they played in belongs to Martin Grogan.
They had four sticks about five feet long and these served as goal-posts.
There were about eighteen players on each side and the referee was Michael Lyons. It is said that some players had tags on but I don't believe that. The match lasted for two hours(continues on next page)- Collector
- Frank Kirrane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonbulban, Co. Mayo