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School: Stoneyford, Thomastown (roll number 3029)

Location:
Stonyford, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Finghín Mac Íobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0849, Page 050

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    and there is no trace of a door any place. A man was going to dig a hole in it once to see if there was anything underneath. A neighbour told him not to do so as any body that meddled with any Rath paid for it one day or another.
    The people built them the time of the Danes. The people used run into them for safety and if the people in any one Rath were attacked the people in the other would see the Danes and know that danger was coming. The Danes came to the Rath in Danesrath from Waterford long ago and stayed in it for a while and all the Irish that were in it ran away to other Raths. That is the reason why it is called Danesrath.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Ragget
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stonyford, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Patrick Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Stonyford, Co. Kilkenny