School: Gleannóg, Malla (roll number 9448)
- Location:
- Glannoge, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs K. Barrow
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- Long ago there were two famous teams in my parish. The teams were "Shanavoher" and "Lombardstown." The teams did not like oneanother. They played many matches together. A fight took place after every match the police had to be called.
The final match they played was in Shanavoher about 50 years ago. The match was played in a field now owned by Denis Hanlon. The field is in the middle of a valley. At each side of the valley there were hundreds of people at each side of the valley. There were hundreds of people there. They were from the school going children to - the old age(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kevin Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shanavoher, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Danial D. Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shanavoher, Co. Cork