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There's a great range of ages, some promising moustaches and some mature ones. They were no inter -cert classs at any rate. Look at the banding on the hurl of the young lad to the priests left? It is almost a lethal weapon with that metal banding. I had a hurl like that once and it was positively dangerous and a threat to life, it lasted for years but! The writing on the hurl held by the man third from the left in the middle row says "Coolagown" which is a place near Fermoy in Cork and seems to have had strong Waterford connections. See www.castlelyonsgaa.com/clubHistory.php

Best to remember that it was a teacher training college and thus attracted students from all over. Funny though, most people in Waterford never use the word hurl, except when throwing things. Hurley is the preferred description, Perhaps that explains a lot?

A wonderful old photo and taken at my old school. When I went here in the 70's there were boarders from all over the country there.

Paul O'Farrell Ah, a De La Salle boy! And desmondg47 when did it stop being a teacher training college?

I believe it was in 1936 when the Minister for Education Tom Derrig (FF) refused to have it made a constituent college of the NUI.

11 December 1927 was a Sunday ...

Hugganstown GAA were to merge with in 1928 in commemoration of the Battle of Carrickshock in December 1831. Carrickshock won the All-Ireland Inter Club Hurling Championships in 2017.

Just noticed the date of this photo was seemingly at the end of the year before the amalgamation in 1928, this piece seems to give some background to events in December 1927.

Google streetmap to Carrickshock GAA in Hugginstown (Baile Hugúin (roadsign) / Baile hUgúin (WP) ).

The "suspenders" remind me of the adverts for Threadgolds Thoroughgrip Garterettes which were a feature of the newspaper columns of Beachcomber (no relation?) and the radio and TV programs they inspired

A dustman was emptying dustbins
In the heart of a horrible slum,
Where no Viscount's white foot had e'er trodden
And no Marquess would venture to come.

How taut were the socks of that dustman
Would show that he didn't forget
The people's best friend in all troubles
Threadgold's Thoroughgrip Garterette.

More here.

I'd love to know why the medals are being worn on the jerseys. Maybe just for the photograph. I'm surprised that the group is not perfectly centred in the frame.

Gracedieu won against Clonlea in 1904 according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford_Senior_Hurling_Championship 15 June 1904 was a Wednesday ...

Robin Parkes Here is a centred version but with someone missing; Spot the Differences! - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591527

I have only ever hurled after drinking too much Guinness, when I was younger, of course.

De La Salle seem to have four Senior County Hurling titles 1906, 2008, 2010, 2012, so the medals are not county senior hurling, and not All Irelands for sure... Come on the Deise.