School: Crubany
- Location:
- Crubany, Co. Cavan
- Teachers: P. Cahill A. Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0976, Page 227
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- Fleming's folly is situated on the Belville mountain convenient to the town of Ballinagh and over-looking Crossdoney. It was built by a man named James Fleming from which it originally got its name, in the year 1803. This man lived in the townland of Belville and was a substantial farmer. He formed an opinion he would build a high tower from which he could see the ships sail on the sea. It is built with stones and lime and sand. He raised the stones in a quarry which now forms a little lake convenient to where the folly now stands. He burned a kiln of lime which he mixed with sand and dragons blood. With this material he started building the tower and raised it to about fifty feet high with a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghnaglogh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Patrick Leddy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Crumlin, Co. Cavan
