School: Duxtown, Rathkeale (roll number 15943)
- Location:
- Duckstown, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Agnes O' Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 484
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- About 80 years ago there was a hurling match between Easterns and the Westerns. The boys west of the Dare Bridge Newcastle West played the boys of the Eastern side. They started hurling to the east over hedges and ditches they drove the ball, both teams following it. When the ball reached at Knockaderry many players had dropped off with fatigue. On passed Knockaderry the players who held on still drove the ball. When they reached Ahalin Wood the easterns were declared winners. Martin Moylan says this was the first hurling match he ever saw. Their hurleys were roots of any bent bushes or furze roots.
- Collector
- Séan Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyea, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Martin Moylan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyallinan South, Co. Limerick
