School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 401
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- There is a fairy fort in Rathcarn near our school. There is another in Bohermeen. They are in view of each other. They are called forts. It is thirty feet under the ground. There are no trees round it. There is a hole in one end of it. Once upon a time a heifer went into the Rathcarn fort and it was lost.
Once upon a time there was a shoemaker and he made money. He went to dances and spent it all. He went to a fairy one night and he told him that the gold(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eugene Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Doire Longáin, Co. Meath
