School: Killomoran (roll number 15147)
- Location:
- Killomoran, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Delia Mc Kague
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- The first hurling match played in Croke Park was between Galway - Tipperary and the match was organised in Gort by an old Gael, Dan Burke R.I.P. The hurlers were drawn from the men of Kilmacduagh most of whom are now dead. Tipperary men were easy victors.Bowling was a game much practised down to about forty years ago.Men and boys assembled every evening in Summer and on Sundays and made matches and bowled for stakes along the roads. They often went from ten to fourteen miles aong the roads on a Sunday. A good bowler often had three pounds coming home in the evening though the stakes were never higher than one shilling.
