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School: Kilbeg (roll number 11039)

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Robertstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Aodh Ó Duibhgeannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0709, Page 176

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    The first football that was invented was a hay-ball. On a Sunday a good many young boys used to get together; they would twist a hay rope very tight about a yard long and they would roll the rope round a piece of stick. When they would have the ball made they would call a match, one side would go into one field and the other side into another field, and they would kick the ball from one field to the other.
    A few years the air football was invented there was a team got up in
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Duignan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Robertstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Ned Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Robertstown, Co. Meath