Kilmacteige, Aclare, Co Sligo, photographed by S.Ryan with J.Gaffney, Aug 2008 (RIP), and by N.Mc Dermott, October 2010.
Following text and photograph view from road from http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=SL®no=32315009
1890 - 1910
Detached stone handball alley, built c. 1900. Uncoursed rubble limestone walling, interior faces smooth-rendered. Concrete floor. Concrete changing facility and viewing platform added to east end c. 1930.
This is a well-built example of a traditional handball alley with substantial rubble stone walling. Once a dominant feature in the Irish countryside, good examples are becoming increasingly rare.
21 February 2010
Kilmacteige, Aclare, Co Sligo
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My Grandfather was one of the masons who built this handball court.
My great-grandfather also helped build this. Anthony Calvey.
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