School: Baile Dubh, (C.) (roll number 15541)

Location:
An Baile Dubh, Co. Phort Láirge
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Dhriaghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 605

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 605

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  2. Football matches were very frequently played and between the men of two townlands the game was played. Ballysaggart boys used play against the boys of Ballyduff. No goals were used but the boys, twenty one on each side, would meet in a field between the two townlands.
    An outsider would stand in the centre
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