School: Bán-Tír (B.) (roll number 2803)
- Location:
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Síothcháin
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- I Football was played in this district in olden times, and the game was only very little different, from that played today. There were twenty-one players on each side, and in addition to the goal posts, there were also point posts, placed on either side of the goal posts. Games of this kind were played between different townlands in the same parish, or adjoining parishes. The players were dressed in their ordinary shirts, and trousers, and very often played in their bare feet. A match of a different kind was sometimes played between two adjoining parishes and caused great excitement. The players accompanied by a great crowd of supporters, met at the boundary of two parishes. No particular playing field, or goal posts were provided. The ball was thrown up on the boundary line between the two parishes, and whichever team succeeded in kicking the ball home to their own district were the winners. Nearly all the players in such a game were in their bare feet, as speed in getting away with the ball was most important. A football match of this type was played between the parishes of "Castlemagner," and "Banteer," more than sixty years ago. The latter team brought the ball across the Blackwater to Banteer, and the best man in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John F Sheehan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Collector
- Patrick O Callaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lackaneen, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Patrick O Callaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Lackaneen, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Patrick O Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Banteer, Co. Cork