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School: Gurteen, Ballymahon

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Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
F. Ó Murchadha
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    There is an old fort in Payne's land in Dermacar. A lot of strange things are supposed to have happened in it. When John Payne died about three yrs ago, there was a man going to his wake, and he heard a man playing a fiddle in the fort. One there was a man coming from Newtowncashel. It was late in the evening and a sow came out of the hedge. The sow followed him up the road and then she went into Payne's. He thought it was an ordinary one but after he was told it was a Ghost.
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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
    Thomas Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardoghil, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Casey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Ardoghil, Co. Longford