celticpark

This is likely a photo of the Cavan football team at the time of their Gaelic football match against Leitrim in 1914. The New York Times reported the match as part of the Fifteenth Annual Games of Local 20, International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers, held at Celtic Park (Queens) on Sunday, July 26, 1914. The next photo in the LOC stream, captioned "Leitrim football (soccer) teams (LOC)" depicts the Leitrim team photographed at the same time. In the background of the Cavan team photo (above) is a Leitrim player in a striped LYM shirt, looking on.  

How do other people feel about looking at photographs from the distant past when you know everyone has long since passed away? For some reason old sport team pictures really bring a sense of my own mortality to the forefront of my consciousness. Life is precious and only temporary.

Is it certain this is a soccer team and not a Gaelic football ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_football ) team? There are too many players for it to be soccer.

There are fifteen players in the photo which is the number of players on a Gaelic football team team ???

This is likely a photo of the Leitrim Young Men's Society football team at the time of their Gaelic football match against Cavan in 1914.

The New York Times reported the match as part of the Fifteenth Annual Games of Local 20, International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers, held at Celtic Park (Queens) on Sunday, July 26, 1914.

The previous photo in the LOC stream, captioned "Cavan football (soccer) teams (LOC)" depicts the Cavan team photographed at the same time. In the background of the team Cavan photo is a Leitrim player in a striped LYM shirt, looking on.
 
 
Flickr member LI Phil colorized the Leitrim team photo last month:
 
"Leitrim football (soccer) teams" by LOC   "Leitrim-1914-Gaelic" [Colorized]   by LI Phil
   
 

Is it certain this is a soccer team and not a Gaelic football ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_football ) team? There are too many players for it to be soccer.