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School: Rahavanaig

Location:
Rahavanig, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire de Stac
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0400, Page 026

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    My townland is Bromore in the parish of Ballybunion and in barony of Irraghti Connor. Bromore means the big height, some of the local people say it means the big flag, because in olden times the people used to wash their clothes on a flag on the bank of a stream. In a few fields there are great heights, one of them which is called Bidd O'Hara's Height, because in olden days a family of the O'Hara's lived there. A field named Páirc na nDuine, is so called because it is said the fairies used to dwell there. There are old bushes in Pierce's land under which the Leprechauns are said to have worked.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Bromore West, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Cáitlín Ní Fhlaithimh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bromore East, Co. Kerry