School: Barnaran, Rathangan (roll number 10454)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   Drimsree Rathangan Co Kildare. It is called that because a girl named Poll owned it.

   3) There is a meadow called Tommys meadow in Drimsree Rathangan Co Kildare. It is called that because a man named Tommy used to cut it.

   4) There is a bit of a road in Barnaran Rathangan Co Kildare. It is called the Tochar. A tochar means part of a road going through a bog.

   5) There is a village called Lullymore near Rathangan Co Kildare. Lullymore means a big grazing patch in the middle of a bog.

   6) There is a place called Barnaran in Rathangan Co Kildare. It means a gap between two divisions.

   

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2. Festival Customs - St Stephen's Day

   

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   On St Stephens day some boys dress up in old clothes, and they go round from house to house with the wren. They are called wren boys around here. They sing the following song. The wren the wren. The king of all birds. Stephen's Day

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   Topics

   1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
         1. Féile Stiofáin (~402)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán Ó Cheallaigh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   12

   Address

   Droim Sruith, Co. Chill Dara