School: Gleann Dubh (roll number 16032)
- Location:
- Carnagh West, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0266, Page 330
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- (continued from previous page)thorn bushes growing around them and there is a gap for the entrance. In the land of Cartron there are five or six forts and it is believed that fairies are seen there at nightime. Those forts are surrounded by rock and there is a story told about it. One night a man was passing by this fort he saw a crowd of small women dancing and they asked him where was he going and he said thet he was going home from rambling and they said to him that if you do not run away quickly or we shall follow you and the man got so frightened that he ran as hard as he could home again. In another fort(continues on next page)
