School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)
- Location:
- Port Laoise, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: Sr Treasa
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- (continued from previous page)as Mat Flanagan and the cat''. Mat Flanagan went to London one time. After two years he came home on a visit: he was full of airs and grandeur and did not recognise his old surroundings; he did not know the cat so he said to his mother: ''What is that long-tailed fellow in the corner?''
- Many places in Portlaoighise have curious names and there is usually a story attached to each name. Some fields are called after the person to whom they belonged many years, though their present owner may have quite a different name.
Russell's field in Harpur's Lane is now owned(continues on next page)