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School: An Clochán (C.)

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Cloghan, Co. Offaly
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Mairéad, Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0815, Page 072

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    as points.
    Players were not allowed to tip the ball with their hands or arms from the elbow down.
    In a game played in a callow by the side of the shannon at a place called Clonascra the ball was kicked eighty yards by Jack McIntyre of Ballyshand Cloghan and it landed in the Shannon. Men had to get "a cot" (a small boat) to get it out, it went about two miles down the shannon. Most of the players kicked in their own clothes, they did not wear togs. There was a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Feighery
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr James Devery
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghan, Co. Offaly