School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 200
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- (continued from previous page)side of the fort and when he came to the hole in it he got afraid and he closed it up again. There is a high bank all round it and it is low in the centre.
- There is a fairy fort in my district. It is called a moat. It is in the townland of Moortown. It is not in view of another fort. It is in the form of a circle. There is a fence around it. There is a story attached to the moat. Once there was a man digging in the moat. When he had a hole a foot deep dug the spade was pulled out of his hand and it went down under the ground.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killadoughran, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Peter Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killadoughran, Co. Westmeath
