School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)
- Location:
- Cooleen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Meachair
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- (continued from previous page)who died recently. He was their captain for many
years and when he died there was a tournament held
in the Silvermines in aid of his wife and family.
- In olden times hurling was the national pastime. It was called Hurling Home. The parish of Ballina challenged the parish of Birdhill and the hurling ground was the Pollocks. The goal was from Killaloe to O'Brien's Bridge. The Ballina men to win should hurl the ball across the bridge at O'Brien's Bridge and the Birdhill men to win should hurl the ball across the bridge at Killaloe. The game started after Birdhill Mass and continued until six o'clock that evening. When the Ballina men would get a run of the ball they'd never stop until they'd hurl it to Parteen and out through the Lisheen churchyard and on to the Tinkers hill. The full forward that day was a man named(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Teefey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coosane, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Michael Teefey
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Railway worker
- Address
- Coosane, Co. Tipperary
