School: Newtown, Borris
- Location:
- An Baile Nua, Co. Cheatharlach
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Broin
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- Martin Cushen won the Leinster handball. He was from Marley. The final was played out at Baltinglass in 1,928. There was a great crowd in the ball alley when it was being played. He was playing a man by the name of Peter Butler. He travelled by a motor car to it and some of the Marley men went with him to see him playing. When he came back he was well welcomed by his and neighbours. He got a silver medal for it. He is playing still with the Marley team. He used to wear a black and yellow coloured jersey and a white knickers. He was very young when he won it. He was only about twenty years of age.
Ned Fitzgerald also won the Wexford handball in the year 1930. He played a man by the name of Pat Walsh. Pat Walsh was a school teacher in Enniscorthy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Edward Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Marlaigh nó An Cnoc Dubh, Co. Cheatharlach
- Informant
- Martin Cushen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 25
- Address
- Marlaigh nó An Cnoc Dubh, Co. Cheatharlach
