School: Rosses's Point (roll number 12133)
- Location:
- Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Raighne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0158, Page 232
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- Hurley
Hurling was the chief game played. All the young men gather together in the evening and they played Hurley on a flat space on the burragh more and in barrs field this was sixty years ago.They picked sides and played with whitethorn sticks which they made specially for this occasion and used high sticks supported with stones for posts.sometimes there would be 30 or more on each side. When they were tossing up they would throw up the stick and shout “buss or buss”, another way was whoever said Buail na Morth or Leigin Leath. Their was know special time limited for the match sometimes it would last for five hours.
- Collector
- Thomas Devaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- P. Gillan
