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School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)

Location:
Rea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 562

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    was in it. Chieftains that lived in the fort, when they died their bodies were burnt. The ashes was preserved in an urn and Rathoran got its name from Rath-urn.
    There are two old people in Rathoran and their ages are seventy and 90. One of them knows Irish and each of them could tell stories in English.
    The land is good and hilly in places but some of it is boggy. There is a spring on the east of it and the river Feale on the
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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)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Rathoran, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Cornelius Hickey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathoran, Co. Kerry