School: Raharney (B.)
- Location:
- Ráth Fhearna, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: S. Ó Conmhidhe
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- James Dargan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Up to about 50 years ago cowdungs were used in many districks as fuel. Poor people in this place collected turned and dried the cowdungs in the fields. Then they were brought home and burned, and they were called bóráns.