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School: Ballygarvan (C.) (roll number 9830)

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Ballygarvan, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0391, Page 190

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  1. A Hurling Match (continued)

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    than the other balls. Great crowds followed the teams especially in the country. Boys and girls followed on foot and also on bicycles. The old people followed generally on horse-back. The hurleys at that time were very much stronger and heavier and more rough, of home manufacture. There were some very famous hurlers in the district, Fehillys, Drinans, and Murphys[?] They were real good hurlers.
    Very little rules were applied to games. In olden times the games were played very roughly because they had no one to correct them. There are big matches played in Cork, Thurles and Kilkenny every year and thousands attend them. Long ago people did not play hockey or tennis.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Ahern
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballygarvan, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Timothy Ahern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygarvan, Co. Cork