School: Willistown, Dunleer (roll number 7597)

Location:
Willistown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ó Liatháin
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  1. Lios-na-Rann in the townland of Lynns beside Annagassan on the left bank of the Dee. It is an old Danish Fort.
    The ground is rough: some black thorn bushes are growing on it. There is no entrance hole.

    There is a mound, circular in shape, in the townland of Adamstown in the land of Mr Matthew Clinton. There are trees growing on it. There is no entrance hole.
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      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
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