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Malahide, Co. Dublin
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M. Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 147

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    called Knockshedan near Swords. It still stands there almost twenty feet high. There was one large tree on the top of it which I think was blown down. It overlooks one of the nicest Vales in Ireland, known as the Valley of Brackenstown.
    The Baskin Lane, Cloughran is another place where "fairies" have their abode. My father told me that as he and another man were passing this place on bicycles a "Fairy - blast blew this mans hat off over a hedge into a field. They
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Malahide, Co. Dublin