School: Cnoc Breac
- Location:
- New Inn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: M. Ó Maoldúin
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- In former times hurling and football matches were the principal games played in this district. At that time there were very few rules governing those matches so they were played in a different manner from that of the present day.Matches were not played on the knock-out system, as is now done for the all-Ireland Championship but a League was formed so that every team had to play the others and earn two points for a victory and one for a draw. The county was divided in four parts and the winners of each division played each other for the semi-finals and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kevin Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Melody
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Corrabaun, Co. Galway