School: Árd Raithín (roll number 6260)
- Location:
- Ard Raithin, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Tomás S. Ó Meadhra
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- Powel an Aifrin is so called because in the onder times priests were hunted out of their houses by the Black-an-tans. So they used to say Mass out in the fields and holes under the ground.
There is a Powel an Aifrin in Creglare where the priests used to say mass.- Collector
- Pádhraic Ó hOrrtaí
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Mhic Dhuibh Thuaidh, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Pat Hoarty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Mhic Dhuibh Thuaidh, Co. na Gaillimhe