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School: Tillystown, Bray (roll number 9845)

Location:
Shanganagh, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Heoghanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0798, Page 193

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    In recent years a man of the name of Byrne had a tug o' war team. The team consisted of men from the village of Shankill. They used to go to different places of Ireland, sometimes they won the tug o' war and got prizes, and sometimes they lost. But after a while they got tired of playing tug o' war, and the man Byrne would not play any more as some of the players would not turn up. Some of the players went to Byrne to begin again but he would not. There was no more teams till the football team began in the year 1937. The founder of the football team was
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      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shankill, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    James Butler
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Shankill, Co. Dublin