School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br. Frampton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 323

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 323

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  1. Shanes Rath
    There were men making a new golf links on the Heath. When they were making it a man named Patrick Flynn found spears and bones. In another field that belonged to Mrs. Samman other skeletons were dug up by a John Clear. One of the skeletons fell out from behind a bush when he was working in a sandpit. It was buried again. Some time later a man named Michael Hyland was walking on the rath and he found a set of old teeth. He picked them up and examined them. Near the place where he found them the land slopes and
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    T. Ó Duinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    The Heath, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Dunne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Dunne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male