School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)
- Location:
- Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 629
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- (continued from previous page)When the time was up each team tried to take the ball away - to kick it out of the field first and then take it away to the house of a player. The team that succeeded in taking the ball was regarded as the winning one. It did not matter what the score was.The ball used was similar to that used today. It was kicked with the bare feet. Two coats placed in the ground served as goal posts.
Hurling was also played in this district in old times - before the memory of any person alive now. The hurley was similar to that used today. It was somewhat heavier and not planed so smoothly. The ball used was made of woollen thread coiled round and round. It was sewn with twine. The stitches of twine ran through the centre of the ball from surface to surface. Danny Brennan of Coolbane, parish of Kilcummin, Co. Kerry, was a famous hurler. Without leaving his position, except to circle round, he is said to have struck the ball eleven times in succession, on several occasions.
Handball was played as it is now. It was a very popular game in Killarney. There is still a lane in the town called the "Ball Alley Lane".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eugene Moriarty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Moriarty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry
