School: Baile an Gharrdha (B.) (roll number 13210)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás Lotrail
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    would be able to take the ball over the Munster river would have the game. Other games used to be played between Ballingarry and the Commons. One of those games used to be played in Whelan's field, Ballingarry. The captain of each team would call his men. Twenty one men used to play on each team.
    Sometimes they played from ditch to ditch or from corner to corner of a field.
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