School: Rahan (roll number 9096)
- Location:
- Rahan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0370, Page 031
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In the townland of Rockforest there is a field called the "Pier field. in a field some distance from the road there is a large massive pier which must at one time have formed a part of an entrance to an estate called Rockforest. At one side there is a fair sized wood.
In the townland of Springvalley about four miles from Mallow. There is a field called the Milking - ban because when cows are put into it they always have more milk than when grazing in other fields. There is also the Sleeping - field because when night comes the cows and sheep go up to the hollow of that field for shelter. This is in the townland of Springvalley and is about four miles from Mallow.
