School: Rathanna, Borris
- Location:
- Rathanna, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: D. Eustace
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- There are two (fields) reasons why this district is called Killedmond but it is undecided which is right. They are:
There is supposed to be the ruins of an old church somewhere in Killedmond which was once owned by a holy man named Eamoinn and from that time the surrounding district has been called "Cill-Éamoinn" or "Church of Edmond".The other is:
Long ago a body of soldiers were passing through this place and their captain had a son by his side called Edmond. The captain said that he would(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kevin Mac Leonard
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killedmond, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Thomas Leech
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Killedmond, Co. Carlow