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   in ploughing or planting crops.

   There are fairies seen in each of those "raths" There is a "rath" owned formerly by Andy Ryan and anyone who was ever passing by it saw something. Many people saw a coffin and four candles lighting around it. People also saw a dog in the same "rath".

   There is a "rath" in Yoolin wood and a man was passing by it one night and he saw a woman pulling ferns. He asked he what was she doing and she told him to pass what was passing him. Another man was passing by the same "rath" and he heard music, a hen and chickens was also seen in the same "rath". One dark night a man was passing by this "rath" and he heard a sow grunting. This man was afraid and he began to run. When he was gone about a yard he heard someone walking after him. He kept walking with him for a hundred yards.

   There is a rath in a field owned by Mattew Joyce and it is said that cats were heard squealing in it. It is also said that if a person was passing that "rath" between twelve and one o'clock you would be thrown into it an you couldent leave it.

   There is another "rath" in the townland of Goolin. In this "rath" a woman was seen washing

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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

   Bridget Foley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gowlin, Co. Carlow

   Informant

   Owen Foley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gowlin, Co. Carlow