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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 126

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    Fort.
    There are a lot of forts around here. There is only one which I know the name of and that is Ballyrune fort. It is a ring fort with a lot of trees covering it from view and there is a bank of earth round it. People say there are under ground passages from one fort to another. No one likes to interfere with the forts or cut bushes in them as they say something would happen to them. There is a stone flag in the centre of the fort and it is said it is the entrance to the fort and any one that would
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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
    Nora Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Port, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Port, Co. Limerick