Abstract: Story collected by a student at Ros Mor school (Rossmore, Co. Tipperary) from informant Diarmuid Ó Duibhir.
Original reference: 0584/2/8
School Ros Mor [Vol. 0584, Chapter 0002]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Tipperary Schools
Ros Mor [duchas:4869482]
This townland is called Weston's Lot. The way it got this name is, I am told, a party of Cromwellian soldiers were passing through Tipperary near Clongharp when the officer in charge said to the men that he would give all the land to any man that a horse could race over in a day. One soldier took up the bet and turned his horse to the West. After going over rough country the poor horse fell dead in a field near Phil Ryans (Martins) house. The rider of the horse was Weston. Hence thename Weston's Lot. Mrs. O'Brien also told me that a relative of hers died in Templemore and that the coffin was carried to Ballintemple Churchyard on the shoulders of the people leaving cars to follow behind.
Original reference: 0584/2/8
There is a townsland in Rossmore with only one farmhouse in it.
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