School: Lisdoonan
- Location:
- Lisdoonan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Mac an Éanaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Packy Cunningham. Thomas Ward and Johnny Ward were the best players in Monaghan at that time and a few lines of a song very popular at that time runs as follows:Then here's to Willie Mooney,
Peter Martin and John Ward,
When coming from each tournament,
Their cheers would rend the skies,
And the girls would say they won the day
The Farney Fontenoys - Long ago hurling and football matches were very common in this district but hurling is not so common now-a-days in this district. All young boys long ago used to play these games and would take a great interest in them. The young girls used to play hurley and one time Aughnamullen travelled to play Latton and there were fourteen(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ena Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cormoy, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Owen Mc Cabe
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cormoy, Co. Monaghan