School: Ballinagore (C.) (roll number 16341)
- Location:
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Miss A. Heduan
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- KnockmoreIs so called because there is a very high hill there. There is a Mass rock near this hill where Mass was read in the Penal days.
Fir-na-ReeIn this field there are stones standing which represent the men of the King
BealrathThere is a mound here and that is why this field is called Bealrath.
AughaveenA man was ploughing here one Sunday and the horses ran away. There was a well in this field and the horses ran into it and they were never got.
Raheenis situated near Ballinagore. There was a well here and the man who owned it refused to let the people get water. He built a high wall around it. One night the well overflowed and flooded his land and went into his house. He told the people to get(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa Mangan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13