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School: Rathea, Liostuathail (roll number 7843)

Location:
Rathea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Muiris Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 209

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    “Names of places in the neighbourhood of the school.”

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    GLEANN na BRÓN
    The name is still used by the local inhabitants and probably means the Glen of the Quern. It is beside this glen the "brittlen" woman used to be heard.
    In the farm of Pat Trant Jnr, Behins, there was a blessed well. This was known to the older people as Tobar Uí Leidhin. There was an old midwife living in Behins named Moll Barry. One May morning she went to the well for a can of water. She had hardly reached the well when she was lifted off the ground and the next place she found herself was below at the monument in Lixnaw, spirited away by the good people.
    Beside the well there was a graveyard. A glen beside it is still known as Gleann Dóighte.

    Beside our house is a place called Pike, on the main road between Listowel and Castleisland. Old Ned Prendiville used
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    History Edit
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Muiris Ó Loinsig
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male