School: Carragh (roll number 12527)
- Location:
- Carraghs West, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Cnáimhsighe
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- About two hundred years ago there lived a man in Foxboro and his name was John Grorke and there are fields called after him. Those fields are called "Grorkes". Another man lived in this village and his name was Pat Rury and his fields are called after this man and the are called "Ruries".
There was a field in Cloonreliagh and it was called reliagh and children were buried that were not baptised and that is why the village is called Cloonreliagh after this field.
To the east of Foxboro lies about twenty acres of bog which joins the counties of Roscommon and Galway together. In the Galway part of this bog there is a very large hill of sand and it is known as the hill of Cruicawn. In this hill up to the present day foxs have(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Glynn
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Glynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Foxborough, Co. Roscommon
