School: Rathnure (C.) (roll number 12480)
- Location:
- Rathnure Upper, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Bholguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 293
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- (continued from previous page)Grange. He is 56 years of age, and can tell this story about his brother.
- There is a rath in the townland of Monamolin, on the land of Mr. James Kehoe. Mr. Kehoe and his servant boy went out one day to level the rath, and worked until noon.
When he came home to his dinner he found a fine sow had perished, and a week afterwards he lost a young calf.
He never after interfered with the rath.It is believed that there is a pan of gold under an ivy hawthorn. which grows on the inner ring of Mr. James Kehoe's rath, but no one ever tried to look for it, as people believe it is unlucky to meddle with the rings.There was a rath situated on the land of Mr. Michael Kelly, Rathnure. His brother John levelled this rath with the result that he died after a month.One night as John Martin, a carpenter(continues on next page)
