School: Ráth Ó gCormaic (B.), Carraig na Siúire
- Location:
- Rathgormuck, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Créigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0655, Page 187
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Lacha Riach
--------------
This road leads from Glenpatrick to Rathgormack village.It is so called because of the big slope which is with it and also because of it being so wild and bleak.From it is a path leading to the Carraig Coisreacha in the Comeragh Mountains.
Carney's Road
This road leads from the Slate quarry in Glenpatrick to the village of Kilsheelan.This road is so called because the man's name who took the contract of it was Carney.
The Acre Road
This,a very short and narrow road,leads from Curraghkiely to Glen.It is so called because only one acre of ground is supposed to be taken up by it.This road is about half a mile long and on perch wide.
Bóthar na bhFáinní
This road leads from rathgormack to Windgap.It is so called because a large number of rings were found in the field near it some years ago.In this field too is the Old castle of Rathgormack.
- Collector
- Seán Ó Dálaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Park, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Pádraig Ó Dálaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Park, Co. Waterford
