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School: Gurteen, Ballymahon

Location:
Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
F. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 132

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    There is a fort in Ledwithstown. It belongs to Michael Creagan. There are fairies in it because a few years ago Michael Creagan had a mare and she had a sore leg.
    One night they went out to look at her and she was nowhere to be seen. The next morning when they went out again the mare was in the field and her leg was all bandaged up and it could not be disturbed and a few days after it was taken off by the fairies and it was better
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ledwithstown, Co. Longford