School: Lisdoonan

Location:
Lisdoonan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac an Éanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 266

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    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
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  2. 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
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ena Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cormoy, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Owen Mc Cabe
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cormoy, Co. Monaghan