1823. Several Thousand Assemble Kilpatrick Road, to engage in the lawless and dangerous practice of bowling near Bandon. Multitude dispersed by Rev. Joseph Jervois with some of the new Police
Bowlers Aughaville, Dromore, Colomane, Durrus, West Cork. Bill Barrett, Patrick O’Driscoll, Richard Barrett, John Connolly, Jimmy Crowley, J.j. Sullivan, Donald Crowley, Eugene Daly and Possible Origins in Co. Armagh and The North of England
West Cork History 
Gosh, I had no idea bowling was once prohibited.
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