School: Ráth an Bharraigh, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 9067)
- Location:
- Castlefreke, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Grífín
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- (continued from previous page)so called because when Lord Carbry was living there he bulit a kennel in a corner of that field in which to keep his pack of hounds.
A field on the land of Mr. John O Sullivan of Gahanive is called the "Cill". It got this name because it was used as a graveyard long ago. There are little humps in the field which marks where the bodies are burried. It was never ploughed up because it is too rough and humpy, and moreover it is unlucky to have anything to do with that kind of a field. There is another field on the lands of Mr. John O Sullivan of Gahanive called the "Fairy Field". It is said that a strange light rises out of this field and if anybody sees this light when out at night he cannot find his way home that night. - Wild Animals of the District
1938
The most plentiful wild animal found in this district is the rabbit. The hare is also found but is not as plentiful(continues on next page)