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  1. A True Story of a Strange Football Match

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    About fifty years ago when the Gaelic Athletic Association was formed, Newmarket-on-Fergus were known far and wide as great footballers. They had beaten many famous teams in the South of Ireland. There was also a team in the County Dublin who had beaten many famous teams in the North, so they challenged Newmarket-on-Fergus for the final.
    Newmarket were satisfied to play them because they thought they would not give them a kick.
    Newmarket went up to Dublin certain of winning. They took the field in their bare feet, but the "cross-country jumpers" as Newmarket called their opponents, took the field in shoes with
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Lee
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    10
    Address
    Ballymorris, Co. Clare