School: Clara (2)
- Location:
- Clara, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thomáis
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- The field beside the Curragh Road is called Bogtown because it is swampy and because it is full of reeds. It is a lot lower than the road. It is also called the Nine Elms because one time there were nine elm trees growing there.There is a place called the Cup and it will son be filled with water and people will very soon hvae forgotten about it. It is a bowl shaped natural hollow in the hills.There is a stone in Mr. Lougheed's field called the Scratching pole and a Red-Jacket hid under it when he killed a man in Raheen.
There is a rock at the back of the Pond called the Robber's Rock. It is called that because a Robber called(continues on next page)