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   “There is a townsland in Rossmore with only one farmhouse in it.”

   

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   This townland is called Weston's Lot. The way it got this name is, I am told, a party of Cromwellian soldiers were passing through Tipperary near Clongharp when the officer in charge said to the men that he would give all the land to any man that a horse could race over in a day. One soldier took up the bet and turned his horse to the West. After going over rough country the poor horse fell dead in a field near Phil Ryans (Martins) house. The rider of the horse was Weston. Hence thename Weston's Lot.

   Mrs. O'Brien also told me that a relative of hers died in Templemore and that the coffin was carried to Ballintemple Churchyard on the shoulders of the people leaving cars to follow behind.

   

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   Language

   English

   Location

   Rossmore, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Diarmuid Ó Duibhir

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rossmore, Co. Tipperary