School: Ród (B.)
- Location:
- Rhode, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maoldomhnaigh
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- There is a place near Edenderry called Ballymacwilliam. It is said that when William was going to fight the Battle of the Boyne, his son refused to go with him the whole way. He broke off from his father in Edenderry and came in the direction of Rhode.
He camped in Ballymacwilliam, and when he was leaving, he wrecked the monastery.
It was always called Ballymacwilliam after this-"The town of Williams son."
- Collector
- Sean Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Teresa Mooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rhode, Co. Offaly
- A short distance from my house there lived a woman by the name of Molly Moore. During the penal times when the people were evicted out of their homes, this woman was evicted. out of her house by Mr Kerry the landlord. Since then this field kept the name Molly Moore's." The ruins of this old house are still to be seen
- Collector
- Teresa Bergin
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Kellaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rhode, Co. Offaly
