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Summary
Frank Solle and John Crouse organized an Irish road-bowling league for Beaver Island in August 2007. The proposed course was the 1.5-mile length of Paid een Og’s Road, with an organizational meeting on August 28 and a first game planned for September.
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The article describes an organizing effort and proposed rules, not a completed league season or official competition results.
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2007, "Irish Road Bowling Comes to Beaver Island."Describes an organizational meeting August 28 for four-person teams bowling cast-iron cannon balls along 1.5 miles of Paid een Og's Road, with a first game planned for September. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the league announcement and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-08_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, September 2007, "Road Bowling."Reports that more than a dozen people had joined the Tuesday road-bowling activity on Paid een Og's Road. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held September issue scan confirms the participation update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders organize an Irish road-bowling league, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-irish-road-bowling-league-2007/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2007, "Irish Road Bowling Comes to Beaver Island." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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