School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laoise
Teacher:
Br. Frampton
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    nicknamed "An Laska One day he was making a net to go fishing he could not find a bow for it. There was rath near where he lived round which grew some trees. He went out and cut down one of them. Next day he went to do the same but when he had it cut it fell down on him and killed him. The people came to get his body but they could not get the tree off his body. So they covered both up with It has been called Ratheniski ever since.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ráithín an Uisce, Co. Laoise