School: Rahan (roll number 9096)

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   There is an old road about one mile from my home. This road is leading down to the Black Water, and is called the "Church-road" because there is an old Church built at the end of it.

   There is a field in my father's farm and he calls it "Dick's field" because a man named Richard lived in a little house by the side of that field long ago. The townland is Lavally.

   There is a cross roads about one mile from the town of Mallow and it is called "Bell's - Cross" because Lady Bell lived in a great house the entrance of which is near the cross. This house is now in the possession of the De La Salle Brothers who have a training school for boys there.

   Just outside the town of Mallow to the North West there is a hill called the "Kennel Hill". The reason it is called by this name is, because long ago there

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Rahan, Co. Cork

   Collector

   Agnes O Leary

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lavally Upper, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs O Leary

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   c. 50

   Address

   Lavally Upper, Co. Cork