School: Cúlmaighin (Coolmoyne) (roll number 15861)
- Location:
- Coolmoyne, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Duibhir
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- In former times hurling and football matches were held between Coolmoyne and Tullamaine. There were sixteen men on each team. When the two teams would meet, each team used to form in a ring, and the two captains had every second call.A cross country match was generally played. The ball would be thrown up between the two teams. The man that threw the ball in would say, "Kick the ball home". These matches were played between townslands. The players wore their ordinary clothes, but they used to take off their hats and coats.There was no refereeing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patricia Ahearne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardsallagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr M. Mc Cormack
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryluskan, Co. Tipperary