School: Montfield
- Location:
- Baile an Hóraigh, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: M. Kelly
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- (continued from previous page)the south-east corner of the County, protected them in a great measure from the raids, skirmishes, robberies and intrigues, which took place in the north between Clans of the Kavanaghs, O'Byrnes and O'Tools, and continued for many years to harass the Lord Deputies. ORIGIN OF NAME FORTHThe name is spelt in a variety of ways - Forth, Fothart, Ffodyr, Ffodeyr, etc., and its origin seems obscured by the mists of the past. The Irish name for the Barony i Fotharta an Chairn, or Fothart of the Carn, to distinguish it from "Fotharta Fea", now the Barony of Forth in Co. Carlow. According to the story(continues on next page)
