Casper, Wyoming:
Photo American Football School Team 1938, Casper Wyoming, USA, Parents Skibbereen, Ballydehob, Schull, Durrus, Ahakista, Kilcrohane.
Those Sheepshead Football Heroes of 1938. In the 1930s the majority of the schoolchildren had parents who were Irish most from West Cork. Some of the children whose parents had ranches or worked on ranches boarded during the week.
Linemen are standing:
Left to Right:
#1 Gerald (Gerry) Sullivan son of Dan of the Durrus Smokes & Nony Donovan of Durrus
#2 Harry Arundel Ward son of William Ward of Skibbereen & Margaret Arundel of Ahakista
(Next to Last) Joe Murphy (6th grade & not on team)
Son of Patrick Murphy (Michael & Connie Murphy relative) of Kilcrohane & Hester Sullivan of Schull/Skibbereen
Backfield is sitting
Left to Right:
#1 Mike Mahoney son of Michael Mahoney of Kilcrohane
#4 Bill Goggin son of Mike Goggin of Causeway and Rose Laverty of the North
#7 Denis Minihan (not on team)
son of William Minihan of Balleydehob and Sarah Theresa O’Halloran of the West
There were no girls from Sheepshead in that class, but there were plenty in others.
From Kilcrohane, West Cork to Casper,Wyoming Restoring Dodge 1953 Truck
