1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha

School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)

Location:
Teerelton, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Murchadha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 124

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 124

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha
  2. XML Page 124
  3. XML “Fairy Forts”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Fairy Forts

    Share Share Post
    The only fort in my district is in Lissarda and this is about a mile from my house. It is situated on a high hill and there is a beautiful tower standing a few yards from the entrance about sixty feet heigh.
    Many years ago a great Protestant named Mr Beamish lived in this tower with his wife. When he was about to die he willed that he and his wife should be buried in this "liss" and so it happened that he was. Then it was closed by the other Protestants and it remained this way for a long time. One Sunday evening about two years
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Holland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Greenville, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Timothy Holland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    18
    Address
    Greenville, Co. Cork