School: Clochar na Trócaire, Meathas Truim (roll number 13313)
- Location:
- Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
- Teacher: An tSiúr Bernard
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“Joe Bloomer from around Mostrim was digging around a forth in his field one day...”
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.- On the main road between here and Mullingar, there is a village called Rathowen. The village was called after a great man whose name was "Owen"
This man has possession of this Rath while he lived. He had in it a wonderful stronghold.
He had a big river of water running all around it, and in order to get in and out they used to have to let down bridges which they could lift up again. Therefore nobody could get in or out only those who lived in it.