School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)
- Location:
- Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: E. Lynch
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- (continued from previous page)they would call them point posts. And no matter how many points they would put out they would not be a goal. If they put a hundred points out through the point posts or across the point posts they would not be equal to a goal. A goal was far better than a point long ago. They have no point posts nowadays they have only goal posts. Here is an old hurling game that was played long ago it was played about fifty years ago. Kilskyre versus Athboy there was fifteen men on each side at that time. The captain of each team was Hickey Fox from Kilskyre was the captain of Kilskyre team, and he picked Kilskyre team. There were fifteen men on each side at that game. They played the game in Fathers Tuite's field in Clonmellon. It was a parish versus parish match. Kilskyre won but my Father forgets what the score was. They wore Jersey's at that time, but they were only after coming out. Kilskyres colours were green and white and Athboy's colours(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Thomas Farrelly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath