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School: Mullach na Cille (roll number 14649)

Location:
Mullennakill, Co. Kilkenny
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Eibhlín Ní Chéadagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 066

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  1. The Famine (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    the mossy new line, it reached from Conway Cross in Mullinakill to the Cross of Ballyduff.
    Many diseases set in after the famine.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Fairy Forts

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    A rath is a place where the fairies are supposed to live. There are a good many raths around. There is one in Listerlin in a field belonging to John Maddock. It is a big round bank with a stone gap in the side of it and there are whins growing on it. No one ever is said to have touched it.
    There is another rath in Mullinakill
    (continues on next page)
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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
    Johanna Conway
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Glenpipe, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Conway
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Glenpipe, Co. Kilkenny