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1. Hurling and Football Matches

   

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   Hurling and Football Matches. There was a hurling match between Wexford and another team in Wexford. The goals were small about two feet high and three feet long and they were round. There were fifteen men on each side. The teams were picked out of the counties. The ball had to get into the ring to be a goal and there were no points counted. This match was played forty years ago. This story was told to me by :- Mr Kavanagh, (56yrs) Ballydonegan, Ferns. Martin Breen, Ballydonegan, Ferns, Co Wexford.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Martin Breen

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballydonigan, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mr Kavanagh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Ballydonigan, Co. Wexford

2. Hurling and Football Matches

   

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   About thirty years ago a football team or a hurling team had twenty one men on the team. After a while it came down to nineteen and after a while it came down to seventeen, and about eighteen years ago it came down to fifteen men on a team.
   My father (Mr Patick Parle (44yrs), The Harrow ) told me this.

   Michael Parle,
   The Harrow, Ferns, Co Wexford.

   

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