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School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 070

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  1. Hurling - Long Ago

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    Hurling long ago was very different to the hurling nowadays, and the hurling field was also different, it was only about half the size it is now, and two parishes would play against each other, or if there was a river in the centre of the parish, the people on one side of the river would play the people on the other side.
    There would be about twenty men on each side, and the hurley ball was a big as a tidy football of nowadays, and the hurlers would play with pointed sticks, and there were no goal posts, or side line marks such as there
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Batty Ahern
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Coolkirky, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Ahern
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male