School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 350
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There are trees around them. There is a gap in to them. People built them long ago to give shelter to animals. The people don't interfere with them when they are working. A fort is a place where young babies were buried long ago. The priests don't like to bury children there. They bring them to the graveyard.
- We have a lot of fields at home. We have a Moore field, a quarry field, a long field, the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- K. Murray
- Informant
- M. Murray
- Age
- c. 45
- Address
- Clonymore, Co. Meath
