School: Rathcoyle, Kiltegan
- Location:
- Rathcoyle Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)Camogie: In playing this game two teams are formed, twelve girls on each team. Goals are then formed and the girl try to hit the ball into the goals. They keep playing for an hour and whichever team has the most scores at the end of the hour wins.
- Some of the games I play are:- "After, Football Handball, Blind man's buff and Hide and go seek.
Hand ball. This game is played by hitting a small ball against a wall and when it would hit the ground, hit it against the wall again.
Blind man's buff. This game is played in the following way. One boy would put a cloth across his eyes, and he would go around trying to catch some of the rest of the boys. The other boys would have to stay inside of a(continues on next page) - Informant
- Michael Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Slievenamough, Co. Wicklow
