School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)
- Location:
- Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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- (continued from previous page)fighting." The way they used to play it was, four men used to sit down on the ground and somebody used to tie their wrists & knees and put a spoon in their hands, and then they used to beat each other on the knuckles with the spoons until their knuckles would get sore. Then they would have to fall over because they could not get up as they were tied.
- Long ago there used to be a football match between every two townlands. On every Sunday they used to challenge each other. The match used to last one hour.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Gilleran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonkeel, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Peter Gilleran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Cloonkeel, Co. Longford