Sports and games

Angling

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

Angling

Angling

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

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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.

In the Achill survey there were forms filled for the four main villages: Achill Sound, Dooagh, Dugort and Keel. Clicking on the links will display the original form for each area.

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.





 

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