School: Gort an Gharrdha (roll number 11384)
- Location:
- Gortagarry, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Donnabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0536, Page 331
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- There are two forts in Bleakfield circular in shape and visible one from the other and each surrounded by an earthen dyke.
One evening three men from Bleakfield were out hunting with their dogs and they came to one of these forts.
They saw a large burrow in the dyke which they thought was a foxes den, so they put it a terrier.
They waited and waited until dark but the dog did not come out at last they heard(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Richard Bourke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Mason
- Address
- Blean, Co. Tipperary
