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School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)

Location:
Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Thos. Mc Gettrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0176

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  1. Football and Hurling Matches (continued)

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    Clogher pursued by all the Carrigans team. He out-distanced his pursuers and got safely away. When the other members of the Emlaghfad team got home they asked "why he ran away", and he replied, "I thought it better to be a coward for five minutes than a corpse all the days of my life."
    Bullet throwing used to be played in this district also. The bullet they used to have was a stone which they made round with a hammer.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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