School: Tiercahan
- Location:
- Tír Chatháin, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: P. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 291
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- In olden times about 70 to 100 years ago a football lasted often a whole day from dawn of day to dusk.
The boys wore heavy nailed shoes, and when one boy got tired, there was another to take his place.
The teams got into a big field with a ditch at each end. They began to kick from the middle and the goals were its ditches at the end of the field.
One district would challenge another, and there was always a fight before the match ended. There was a football match between Swanlinbar an Corlough
