School: Shinrone (B.)
- Location:
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: William Mac Mahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 084
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- (continued from previous page)meat was not very often eaten. Their meat consisted of bird meat such as pheasant, plovers, curlews, which were killed at night.
Old clay jam pots were used as bowls, and cups the plates made of timber made by the local craftsmen.
- About forty-eight years ago there was a hurling match at Shinrone, Shinrone and Honeymount were the teams. There were twenty one on each side. The match was played at Barna in Carey [?] Park. Shinrone won the match. The Shinrone players won fame in the field.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Curtis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Galbally, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Miss Curtis
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Galbally, Co. Offaly
