School: Kilbride (roll number 11793)
- Location:
- Cill Bhríde, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Ní Mháirtín
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- (continued from previous page)eighteen players on each side. The players wore nailed boots blouses and trousers. There were four goal posts. Each game lasted on hour and a half.
There was another game played called "Rolling"
This was played by rolling by roling a metal ball about four stone weight along the road
The players had to roll it with their feet and whichever got nearest to a without going into the ditch won.
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- Collector
- Joseph Corrigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clifton Lodge Demesne, Co. na Mí
- Informant
- P. Corrigan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clifton Lodge Demesne, Co. na Mí
- Long ago they used to play cricket football weight throwing and hand ball They used to play football in a field(continues on next page)
