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School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 10_034

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    is called Rannagh because much ferrins grow in it. There are two men over seventy years in it. Their names are Martin Nestor and Austin Kerin. There are five cowls in it. Tommy Kerin was living in one of them and my grandfather evicted him. Thomas Cassidy was his name, Seán Caill was living in another one. There is another called cowl an nó and no one lived in it. It is said that when it was building, when it was a certain height it fell and it could not be built
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Rannagh East, Co. Clare
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Colgáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rannagh East, Co. Clare