School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. Emerentia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0209, Page 491
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- (continued from previous page)on the ende of the barricade. Afterwards a wooden house was built in the centre as the family residence.
As the centuries slipped by, those barricades slipped back into the earth and to-day they are scarcely a foot in height. People think it unlucky to pass through those forts at night, because they say the fairies or "Good-People" reside there and it is deemed unlucky to disturb them. These forts were built to serve different purposes, some for fortifications, others for hiding valuables and others as resorts for fairies.
- The present Marist Convent is built on an old fort. The old people say that long ago, the fairies used to live in this old fort and every night they are supposed to(continues on next page)
