School: Rathangan (B.) (roll number 15957)
- Location:
- Rathangan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S. Mag Lionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 126
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My home District is Rathangan. It is in the county of Kildare, and the barony of east Offaly. It is not a very big town and there are about six hundred people in it. The commonest family name is Behan. Th etwon got its name from a chief who used to live in the Rath or at the top of the town. The town is well known for during the ninty-eight rebellion a famous battle was fought there between the rebels and the Balck watch.
Rathangan is a very old town for a great feast was held there in fourteen hundred and thirty-two.
The Grand Canal passes through Rathangan and there is a daily service to Dublin and there.
A small river also passes through called the river Slate which goes on to join the river Barrow at Monasterevan.
