School: Castlemaine (C.)

Location:
Castlemaine, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean an Chaomhánaigh
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    his waist. This time the ball was coated with snow. He took it again and he hit the ball for the third time, and all the spectators were on the look out for it, but it did not come.
    Five years later men were cutting turf in a bog more than five miles away and the slither was got 10 feet deep in the bog. It was known to be the exact ball which they played on that day.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Kavanagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlemaine, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    William Hanifin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Laharan, Co. Kerry