by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Handball Stories
Well documented in Seamus O Culain’s fine book of Ballads ‘Peait na Maistreasa’ tells the story of how Pat McDonagh born in 1892, became a champion handballer and footballer; world handball champion in 1922 and ’23, while in the U.S.A.,...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Handball Stories
In the townland of Derrymullen on the Ahascragh Road out of Ballinasloe, Handball has been extremely popular for over a century and remains so today. In this Podcast Sean Tully takes us through the origins of the game in the town and the building of the...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Handball Stories
When we mention the game of handball in Ireland the image that immediately spring to most people’s minds would a large concrete structure. The origins of the game however are of ball playing against any flat surface. The medieval annul of St. Foix. written around 1300...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Handball Stories
Liam Murphy tells Oliver Curley about the refurbishments of the old church at Kilshanvey in the 1930s & of how 3 generations of local people passed their recreational time playing handball against its walls ...
