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School: Rahavanaig

Location:
Rahavanig, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire de Stac
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0400, Page 033

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    The name of the townland in which this school is situated is Rahavanig, in the parish of Ballybunion, in the barony of Irraghticonnor, Co. Kerry. There are a few fields in it, one of them which is called the Fort Field because there is a fort in the corner of it. The other is called Cooney's Field, because the family of the Cooneys lived there in former times. There is a stream running through the middle of it called the Glenachoor Stream. It is bounded by Páirc na Beithe in which the best of turf is found by the people of the district.
    Rahavanig, meaning the fort of the minerals.
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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)
    Folktales index
    AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People
    Language
    English
    Location
    Rahavanig, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Neansaí Ní Dheághdha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rahavanig, Co. Kerry