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School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)

Location:
Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 385

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    There are fields near by our house and their names are: - the Church field, because there is a cemetery in it; the Hill - of - Ward field, because there is a height in it; the long field, because it is long; the heather hill, because it is near a bog.
    There is a hill and it is called "the Priest's hill", because there was a priest killed there. Paddy Mór Rock; Tom's meadow; the bush field, because there is a lone bush in the centre of it and some people dug under it but never got anything; the meadow field because there is a meadow in it; the fox - cover, because there are foxes
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kane
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Kane
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 48
    Address
    Tlachta, Co. Meath