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School: Clonlara

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Cloonlara, Co. Clare
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Dll. Ó Heoghanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0585, Page 053

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    Games of long ago.
    A favourite game was 'Hurling Home' and it was a most exciting game. Two neighbouring teams would meet in a field equal distance from both villages such as Killane and Clonlara and they would meet in Macks hurling field near near Cappakee Hill. The ball would be thrown in and the game would start over ditches and hedges through bogs and marches each team trying to bring the ball home and and immense crows of spectators cheering them on.
    It may take the whole summer to decide one of those matches as night would fall before they would be near home.
    Kitty Galvin
    My parents gave me this information.
    (1) Tom Galvin,
    (2) Canal Bridge, Clonlara, Co.Clare
    (3) Age 50
    (4) Engine Driver
    (5) Offaly
    (6) _______________
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Galvin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Tom Galvin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Engine driver
    Address
    Droichead na Canálach, Co. Galway