School: Cooleenbridge, Scariff

Location:
Poulagower, Co. Clare
Teacher:
T. Mac Seóín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592, Page 061

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    times the Final has to be played twice as it often occurs that they end in a draw as it happened this year between Kerry and Galway.
    For Football the field is arranged the same as it is hurling that is a hundred and forty yards long and eighty yards wide. At the end of the field the goal posts are. There is lat placed across the goalposts and when the ball goes over the lat it is a point and when it goes under the lat it is a goal. Fifteen men that are on each team as they are in hurling.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English