THE LEAP
My name is Declan.
The leap got
its name from
an old castle
called the leap
castle . It is the most
haunted castle in
Ireland. It is very
old . It is nearly
the oldest castle
in Ireland.
There are
a lot of
farmers around the
leap. There
3 more castles
near the Leap- Kinnity castle
Birr castle and Roscrea
castle.
My name is Stephen.
The place where
I live is
called the Leap.
It was called after
the Leap Castle.
This is a famous
castle. My grandads
house was part of
the Leap castle
in Darbys time.
The castle was
burnt down
when Darbys
owned it.A man called
Sean
Ryan lives there
now and he is restoring
it.
Standishes have a
sawmill in the Leap .
They make stakes
and gates. Most of the
people who live in
the Leap are farmers.
My name is Andrew.
My address
got its name
because two priests
were arguing over who
was going to
pick the name
of the parish.
One priest said
that they
would go to
the top
of the
castle and
whoever jumped the
furthest would get to pick
the name
of the parish .One
priest jumpcd first
and was killed.
The other
Priest called
it "The Leap"
Rathmore
My name is Daniel.
I live in
the townsland
of Rathmore.Rathmore means
large rath or
large fairyfort. In olden
times people lived
on the rath
which was a high
piece of ground.From
the air its like
a raised circle of
ground. On our
farm there is a
small fairyfort . Further
up the road
there are the
ruins of Rathmore castle.There
is an old oak
tree whch has been
there since Cromwells
time beside our house
Coolderry
My name is Margaret.
Coolderry means back of
the oak wood
It got its name from
the oakWood on the Cloghan road.
My name
is Paul
The shop
in Coolderry
is closing down
. There
are about
30
homes in
Coolderry There are
a lot
of hurling
matches in
Coolderry . Coolderry
is not
as busy
as a town .
There are not
a lot of cars
on the
road . There
is one
school in
Coolderry . Coolderry is
a nice place
to live in.
My name is
Ciara. Coolderry
in Irish is
cuil doire which
means back
of the oakwood -
gloster wood .
That’s where the
name came from .
Mountmask
My name is Clare .
I live in a farmhouse with my
Mammy , my Daddy ,my sister
and my two brothers.
We have a very old
dog called Rocky. and
a horse caller Star.
It is called Mountmask. because
we can see the mountains.
My Mammy is a secretary. My
Daddy is a bus driver and
a farmer.
We have some cows. We have
two cars.
The Killeens
My name is Louise .I
am writing about the Killeens.
The Killeens got its name
because it was once a little church.
There are three farmers living in
the Killeens now.There was once
a fort in the Killeens.
I am happy living in the
Killeens.
Monafadda
MY NAME IS TOMMY.
I LIVE IN
MONAFADDA .THERE ARE
6 HOUSES
IN MONAFADDA.
MONAFADDA IS
THE IRISH
FOR THE
LONG TURF . MY
FATHER AND
GRANDFATHER
AND GREAT
GRAND FATHER
LIVED
IN MONAFADDA
. I
AM HAPPY
LIVING IN
MONAFADDA.
Sharavogue
MY NAME IS SEAMUS. I LIVE
IN SHARAVOGUE.
I LIVE ON A FARM. IT IS
NEAR THE RVER BROSNA. THERE ISA
PUB AND A SHOP THERE.
My name is Aoife.
I live in Sharavogue
My uncle lives down
the road.We have a
farm.
There is a shop and
pub. There is a river.
There are not many
houses near me.There are
a lot of farms.
We have a dog.
My name isDamien.
Sharavogue is 5
miles from Birr
and 8
miles from
Roscrea. It is
a very busy
road. There is
a river going through
our land. It is
called the Brosna
river. People go fishing
there. Our cattle get
a drink there when
they are thirsty.
We have lots
of room to
play games outside. There
used to be a
railway going through
our land from
Roscrea to Birr.
The train used to
carry beet and other
things produced on
the farm. I like
Sharavogue because it
is a nice
place.
My name is James.
I live in
Sharavogue.
It is in County
Offaly.
We live in the parish
of kilcolman
We live near the
main road.
We have a lot
of neighbours living
around us.
Our nearest town
is Birr.
We live out
in the country .
Boveen
My name is
Elizabeth and I
live in Boveen
with my
mammy ,my daddy
and my
two brothers Liam
and Joseph
My Grandad came
to live in
Boveen in 1955. There are
27 houses
in Boveen . It is
6 miles from Birr
and 6 from
Roscrea
I like living
in Boveen because it
in a nice country
place.
Ballyegan
Sinéad is my name.
I live in Ballyegan.
Ballyegan got the name from
the son of Egan.
There are a lot of
fields in Ballyegan.
There is a cross in
Ballyegan.
There are a lot of
houses as well.
There is a hall,but
long ago it was a
school.
There is a bog and
people cut turf for their
fires.
There are a lot of farmers
in our area .
People from Ballyegan are
very friendly.
A family called Wynnes live
in Ballyegan house.
It is a very big
and very old.
It was built in 1812
by a man called Bernard
Mullìn.
It took 2 years to
build this house
The Heath.
My name is Caitriona .I live in The
heath, Roscrea .
This is how we got
the name.
There is a bog near
here and there is
a lot of heather
growing in the heath.
There are some farmers living
in the area.
There are 11
houses. There are three old
ruins of houses where
people used to live
long ago. At
that time there were
house dances and
the heath
was noted as a place where
they gathered for the
winter nights.
My name is Rachel. I
am six years
old
I live in
the heath I
live in a dormer
house
I share a
room with my
sister Lisa .We
sleep
upstairs in
a double bed
We have a bathroom
and a
playroom upstairs . My
baby sister sleeps in
her own
room downstairs . We
have four bedrooms
in our house
My dogs name
is Benji He sleeps
in the shed