School: Carra
- Location:
- Carha, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 452
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- The following are the names on our land.
Our land:-
is so called Claganach meaning a head in the penal law a prisoner excaped from the Carra house and was captured bewteen our land and McKenzie. His head was cut off and put on a spear on McKenzie gate. The reason it was put there to drive fear into the people.
Ráthan:-
is so called meaning a rath where people used to hide in the penal laws and there supposed to be large rooms underneath. Ráthan the time of the civil war sheltered a big portion of the republican army. They had a large dig out there also. It is a great hidden place now a days for foxes.
The Loch:-
This field is so called because there is a big long lake in the middle of it and there is a well running into it. During the civil war it sheltered a republican army.
Garradha Anna:-
About three or four generations ago there was a little old woman living there(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bea Conrecode
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- James Conrecode
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathreedaun, Co. Mayo
