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Weston's Lot - the name Like all Irish folklore, this story may have changed greatly from its origins.

Weston's Lot is a townsland in the parish of Rossmore, County Tipperary, containing one family home and farm. This farm is the ancestral family home of Margaret Ryan.

The story is told that during the Cromwellian Plantation of the 1650's a group of soldiers were passing through an area near the village of Rossmore. A challenge was issued to see which horse could run fastest, the reward being the amount of land the fastest horse would cover.

The challenge was taken up by a number of soldiers, but a trooper named Weston was the winner. His horse ran so fast over the distance that it collapsed and died from the exertion. The soldiers reward was so named Weston's Lot.

Margaret constantly states, "it's a pity that the horse could not have ran further!".