Irish Handball Alley: Co. Limerick

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6 May 2022

St. Mary's Park, King's Island, Limerick City

St. Mary's Park, King's Island, Limerick City Photographed by E. Timoney, April 2022, with assistance from M. O'Regan. A campaign to roof this alley was launched in May 2022. See: https://www.limerickpost.ie/2022/04/10/roof-needed-for-limerick-city-handball-alleys/ This alley also featured in a public art project in 2005, entitled, The Banshee Lives in the Hnadball Alley. See. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X764d7yCQFs and. https://www.publicart.ie/main/directory/directory/view/the-banshee-lives-in-the-handball-alley/c35de62609b01c1eeeb980c42be4215a/ Read More......

17 January 2020

Kilmallock, Co. Limerick

Old 1-wall alley in Kilmallock,
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3 September 2019

Kilmallock GAA Grounds, Co. Limerick

Historic photograph copied from Ireland from the Air – Independent Archives 1951-1958, showing alley at edge of GAA grounds ( bottom of image). The alley was demolished circa 50 years ago. The present-day photographs of the location were taken by E. Timoney in September 2018. Read More......

21 October 2018

Model School, Limerick City

Photographs and information provided by E. Timoney, October 2018

The Model School Limerick, was built in 1853. A beautiful building of limestone, it has two handball alleys at the back which are also built of limestone.

There is a great tradition of handball being played in the school. There were children playing handball when I called to the school to photograph the alleys.

Teacher Marie Millane was most helpful and it was obvious that handball is important in the school with many framed photos of handball teams. Marie kindly gave me a history book of the school – Modhscoil Luimneach 1855-1986. One story in the book by Angela Deasy from 1945, referred to playing handball as one of the activities in the school.

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