School: Cill Díoma (C.) (roll number 6517)
- Location:
- Kildimo, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eilís Ní Chathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0504, Page 151
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- Fairy Forts.There was a fort in Ballycasey called the "Cathair" and it was built by the Danes in the eleventh century. There is a hole in the middle of the fort and many went down there, but nobody could go farther than thirty yards, because they were afraid they would be suffocated with foul air. People were making a pailing in the field and they hit one of the flags that were over the underground passage and the crow bar went down the hole and they never got it.Peggy O'Brien.Told by. Michael O'Brien, Ballyculhane. Age 49.
- Local Forts.It is said that men were seen riding on horses as if in funeral procession around the tree. Other people say that a woman was seen in this same fort with a baby in her(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hannah Giltenan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolbeg, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Patrick Giltenan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Coolbeg, Co. Limerick
