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School: Baile an Londraigh (C.) (roll number 14306)

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Ballylanders, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Eibhlís, Bean Uí Shíoda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 133

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    “Great pipers. Dinny Lee and son who lived in Ballyfaskin were wonderful pipers and musicians...”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Pat Hannan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 82
    Address
    Ballylanders, Co. Limerick

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    “Football matches in olden times were often played with two furze bushes as goals...”

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    Football matches in olden times were often played with two furze bushes as goals. Twenty one men played on each side and there was a line drawn across the middle of the field. The ball used to be kicked also from one townsland to another. He himself remembered starting in Glenahoglisha and the Ballylanders boys got the ball from the Glenahoglisha boys kicked it across the ditches and Pat Hannan kicked it down the street. The players wore white waistcoats- "báneens" -and leather belts with big buckles.
    Hurling was also widely played. The hurleys were cut from ash trees in Griston, sometimes from crab trees and often from furze.
    An old game called "Bud" was often played with
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