As a catalogue of the remaining 'big alleys' in Ireland, this website shares photographs and information collected for over 570 examples and counting! All information is welcomed: by email to irishhandballalley@gmail.com or as comments under the individual alley posts.
Photographed by S. Ryan, February 2024
This alley was built against the fortification walls of an English artillary barracks and across the road from an infantry barrcks. A local person heard over the years that handball was played there into the 1930s and 1940s.
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