School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown

Location:
Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
C. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 335

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    field & the parish which kicked the ball home was the winner.
    When they played a match in a field, there were two goal-posts with a cross-bar nailed to them. The ball that went over, was a point. There were also two posts outside the goal-posts & the ball that went between these was called a point also.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Moore
    Gender
    Male