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School: Virginia (C )

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs B. Farrelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 458

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    About a half mile from Rahardrum there is the ruins of an old castle who belonged to the O'Reillys of east Breifne.
    Smith is the most common name.
    I live in the townland of Lisnabuntry in the Parish of Killenkere and in the Barony of Castlerahan. There are seven families in this townland. There are thirty two people living in it. There are four thatched houses and three slated ones in it.
    In the olden times all the townlands were named in Irish. And since there was always a widow living in this townland it was called Lios na Bantrúaighe meaning the fort of the widow.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Breda Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan