School: Ros Mor
- Location:
- Rossmore, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Maitiú Ó Cinnéide
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“There is a townsland in Rossmore with only one farmhouse in it.”
This townland is called Weston's Lot. The way it got this name is, I am told, a party of Cromwellian soldiers were passing through Tipperary near Clongharp when the officer in charge said to the men that he would give all the land to any man that a horse could race over in a day. One soldier took up the bet and turned his horse to the West. After going over rough country the poor horse fell dead in a field near Phil Ryans (Martins) house. The rider of the horse was Weston. Hence thename Weston's Lot.Mrs. O'Brien also told me that a relative of hers died in Templemore and that the coffin was carried to Ballintemple Churchyard on the shoulders of the people leaving cars to follow behind.- Informant
- Diarmuid Ó Duibhir
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rossmore, Co. Tipperary