School: Rathanna, Borris

Location:
Rathanna, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
D. Eustace
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 247

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    near the Castle.
    On the Waterford side are:
    "The Giants Chair" a large stone on which a giant used sit.
    "Molls Rock" a stone near the ruins of a house where is supposed to be the track of a churn on this stone.
    "The Hungry Grass" where it was said a person would die if he were not eating something when passing.
    On the south side are:
    "Moonveen" which is a whole town-land with only one house it it.
    "Carragh Rua" [?] a brick coloured rock which with Rowel-Daragh [?] is a land mark.
    "Cross-Rivers" where two rivers meet and and shape cross-like.
    "Red Johns" where sheep are kept the whole year round.
    Others are:
    "Kinap", "The Black Rock", "The Forks", "Scotch Stones", "Barrenderrick", "Monamil" [?]
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Sheehan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathanna, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Mr Michael Sheehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Rathanna, Co. Carlow