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School: Castleplunkett (roll number 15545)

Location:
Castleplunket, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0245, Page 116

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    straight and it is about a half a mile long and is on the west side of Castleplunkett turloch. The Ardeevin road is on the east side.
    The story is told that the turloch was a great place for hurling and football long ago. They used not use any goals but used to hurl or kick backforwards and forwards over the whole eighty acres. One side used to try to put the ball across, Turloch Gorm wall and the other side used try to put it out on the Ardeevin road. There was a lot of powerful, great men around Castleplunkett long ago and every man used play. The two best men used to stand out and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Ó Dómhnaill
    Gender
    Male