School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)

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1. Local Roads

   

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   2. There are several roads in my district. One of them is "Barnfieldroad". It leads over to Currow Ross. iI is made over two hundred years and is still used.
   Another one of them is Ranalough road. It leads from Dicksgrove to Dromroe. It is made over a thousand years and not used by people on foot.
   There is another old road leading from Rossanean to Coolick. It is still used for drawing turf.

   

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2. My Home District

   

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   1. The name of my townland is Ranalough. It is situated in the parish of Killeentierna and in the barony of Trugheracmy. There are twenty families living in this townland and about eighty-six people in all. The meaning of Ranalough is "the fort of the lake". The houses in Ranalough are mostly all new ones

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Ranalough, Co. Kerry

   Collector

   Nora Butler

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ranalough, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Tom Butler

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55

   Address

   Ranalough, Co. Kerry