School: Rahugh (roll number 12905)
- Location:
- Rahugh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Maonghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 175
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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. - There is a field on our farm called the Vetch Field. It is so called because vetches used to be grown there for horses. There is another field called Christy's Horse-park. It is so called because a man named named Christy Fury grazed a horse in it.
There is a hill in Mountrath called Shary's well. It is so called because a foal called Searach used to drink from it. There is a well in a field of Brazil's but nobody knows how it got its name. There is a double ditch in Mountrath called the Reilig pass. Nobody knows how it got its name.
