School: Tuairín Chathail (B.) (roll number 10392)

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1. Hurling Matches

   

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   In olden times there were great games of hurling and football played in this district. There were brave and sturdy men on each side of the Blackwater from Ballydesmond (Cork) to Rathmore (Kerry). They played great games in Lacka (Ballydesmond, Co. Cork) where the creamery is built now. They also played a game at Farrancaol. (Knocknagree, Co. Cork) and Gneeveguilla (Kerry) The hurling-ball was composed of curled hair, and tightly covered outside with sheep-skin. At that time the hurleys were all home made, got out of furze ditches, and nicely shaped and turned. There used to be a referee on each side outside the line on horse-back. The most noted hurlers in the early eighties w ere Jer. Twomey, Tureencahill, Gneeveguilla, Rathmore, Co. Kerry, and Denis Kelliher, Lacka, (contd.)

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         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Cronin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Reaboy, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Michael Cronin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   48

   Address

   Reaboy, Co. Kerry