School: Ballinard (B.), Cnoc Luinge
- Location:
- Ballinard, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0517, Page 046
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- (continued from previous page)the townland of Castlefarm.
- In olden times Rathjordan was a parish in the Deanery of Owney (Uaithne) (Abington) 1302. It was in the parish of Kilcullane in [?]. It was in Owney Deanery in 1615.
The name was got from Jordan's Rath (Rath Shuirdáin. Jordan was an ancient family in the district. There is no ruins of the church to be seen. St. John the Baptist's well is near where the church was. (Tobar Eóin Baiste).
The remains of the rath are still to be seen on the left hand side of the road on the lands of Mr. P.K.Hogan.
