School: Caisleán Gael (roll number 15337)
- Location:
- Castlegal, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: M. Ó Tiománaidhe
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- (continued from previous page)As to the numbers on each side; it varied as sometimes there were 20, othertimes 25, sometimes less. There was no fixed numbers. It was like this Carns versus Cliffoney. This meant the townlands of Carns, Edenreva, Clyspare versus Cliffoney, Carton Carnduff, Creevykeel etc. It thus depended on the numbers of players who turned out. There was no outfit; they played in their ordinary clothes; no togs or shoes or such like.The ball was about an egg size or something larger and was made of wood.The hurleys used(continues on next page)
