School: Glin (C.) (roll number 3232)
- Location:
- Glin, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Cárthaigh
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- A Match played locally in olden times.In or about the year 1900, a famous football match was played in Mr. Fitzgearld's field Cahara, Glin. The Glin team were dressed in green and white cuffs.
The teams that played were Glin versus Co. Clare. There were fifteen mean on each side. The men in Glin team were, - the late Patrick McCoy captain, Maurice OShaughnessy, Michael ODonnell, Edward Dore, Patrick and the late Maurice Fitzgearld, James and the late Michael Fury, Patrick Reidy, Thomas Conway, Michael Lynch, the late Michael Dunne, Daniel Culhane, Patrick Walshe, and Thomas Dillane. Glin won by a point. The score was three points to two points. The Glin team was known all over Limerick, Clare, and Kerry for their activity on that day. A ball was often kicked from one townsland to another, and on that day that that would be on(continues on next page)- Collector
- Cáitlín Ní Dhuilleáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glin Demesne, Co. Limerick