Ballysheedy 'not'. Traditional Cache
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Ballysheedy is home to the South Liberties GAA Club
Ballysheedy got its name from the Barony of South Liberties which the Limerick boundaries were marked with 'Liberty Stones' and the club has incorporated an image of the sole surviving stone into its crest. It is one of the oldest clubs in the country, founded in 1884, the same year as the GAA. South Liberties' home ground in Ballysheedy is called Dooley Park. Millionaire, JP McManus's distinctive green-and-gold-hooped racing colours are based on the South Liberties Jersey as he once played for South Liberties and is a patron of the club.
Two duels were fought close to here. In 1792 Michael Furnell of Ballyclough and Henry Vereker of Roxborough dueled with matched pistols, the cause of the issue was originally a dispute over the sale of a horse from Furnell to Vereker and its return as it was of 'unsound wind and limb'. The dispute escalated from the the shooting of Michael Furnels dog when it strayed into Henry Verekers Game Sanctuary land. In the duel which was fought close to here, Furnels pistol ball hit Vereker in the thigh and who died 6 days later. In the 2nd Duel in 1798, Robert Rogers challenged Lieutenant Levingston who later died from the ball hitting his Hip.
This land is a Gun Club Game Sanctuary, which is where no shooting is allowed as pheasants that are bred and reared in captivity are released into the wild of a Sanctuary until they get bolder & wiser. In Ireland, pheasant 'open season' starts on November 1st and ends Jan 31st. Only the colourfull Cock(male) pheasants are shot as these play no part in rearing the young, are polygamous and have a large territory.
Proceeding from the The Weigh Inn on the L1145 road to Ballyneety to South Liberties GAA, its worth noting a bit of local History, have a look on the LHS at the 'building' at 52°36'54.49"N 8°36'35.29"W, note the chimney & galvanized roof or have a look at the uploaded images This used to be a purpose built Licensed Dancehall built by Mick Keane, Raheen, John Joe O' Malley, Drombanna and the Ryans of 'the Stream'. Normally, buckets of Guinness were fetched from the local pub 1 mile away to fuel the dancing. This briefly operated in the 1920s but was allegedly shut down by the local clergy as it was a ‘source of sin’ . It mirrors the 2014 Ken Loach film 'Jimmy's Hall' of a similar story set in 1932 see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%27s_Hall .
You can safely park on the mown verge at the normally unused gate to the field .
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Sbe Fnapghnel gurer or n xabggl ubyr va gur cbyr.....
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