School: Mercy Convent, Newtownforbes (roll number 8546)
- Location:
- Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Brainín
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- (continued from previous page)woman took five pounds with her and left the purse there. The people were caught but they had no money because they had it hidden.
- There was a famous football team in this parish but in recent years it has practically faded away. The name of the team was Clonguish and the old Clonguish team was not only famous in this County but all over Ireland. All the men who played with the old Clonguish team are alive yet and some of them are married and have large families. They played many matches and now I will describe some of the important ones.
One time they played the champions of Leitrim who were Bornacoola in a field below Dromod. It was the most important game they played and after a hard(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Toher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr Mac Garry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford