Sports and Games
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Description of angling in lakes and rivers in Achill including details of types of fish, angling centres and clubs, from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942
Form B in the Irish tourist Association was used for entering details of sports, games and other recreations in the area. There were headings for angling, shooting, hunting, golf, racing, coursing and other the heading for "games and recreations" there was provision for football, hurling, rugby, cricket, tennis and other popular games.
Supplementary forms were also filled detailing the angling facilities for each river and lake in the area. There were 14 of these included in the Achill Survey
Sports and Games - Form B
In the Achill survey there were forms filled for the four main villages - clicking on the following links will display the original form for each area:
Achill Sound
Dooagh
Dugort
Keel