Word: concannen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there was published at Dublin a full and lengthy account of a football match, presumably played in or near that city. The author, Michael Concannen, did not confine himself to any mere description of the game, however. Since he was writing in verse he found it necessary to include much romance and passion in his tale, after the fashion of present day scenario writers. He wishes it clearly understood that the "Brickleys" and "Mahans" of his day did not play so much "for the honor of the school" as they did for their "Norahs" and their "Floras...
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