School: Knocknagilla

Location:
Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Mac Giolla Críost
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 392

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  1. In olden times there was a match played at Knockanork between Mullamagavan and Corrahoe. The best men of each townland were picked to form a match. There were about fourteen on each side.
    This match was played in a field belonging to Patrick Soden in Knockanork. It was simply between two townlands.
    The ball was never kicked as far as it would go from one townland to another.
    The players were dressed in their everyday clothes but not like the game suits they wear now, and, when playing, they would take off their coats.
    There was no refereeing done, but the people looking on would watch the ball as it went through the goals and they would keep account.
    The ball that was used was generally a "hay-ball". It would be about half the size of the football that is used now. The goal posts were two bits of sticks, stuck down in the ground or a
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Soden
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Bernard Soden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullymagowan, Co. Cavan