School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)
- Location:
- Rathkeeragan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Mac Giolla
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- Rathlion got its name by the name of a woman Laidheamh the mother of St Kieran the elder. There is a field called the mill hill field in Rathlion. There is a big hill and a stream running in a valley beside the hill. It is said that there was a mill on the leven and the mill was worked by the water in the valley. There is a place called Ciseán in Killooley Ciseán got its name There was a man ploughing in a field and he had a basket and a child in it. Some thing took the basket and child and flung it away.
- Collector
- Willie Morris
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathlihen, Co. Offaly
- There is a small valley with bushes growing all around it. It the townland of Killinaney and it is called Tom's old house. A man used to live in it and his name was Tom and that is how it got its name,
- There is a big field near us called(continues on next page)
