School: Carrigabruise

On this page

1. Fairy Forts (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   palace.
   Another story told about forts is that a man, when returning home late at night heard music wafted from a nearly fort. As he drew nearer, however, the music ceased. Mr John Brady, Lislea testifies to having seen a circle of beautifully clad fairies dancing on the road late one night. They were as big as a seven years old child and one of them was playing lovely music on a strange instrument. It is said that lights have been seen travelling from one fort to another in the Maghera district.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. Famine Times

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   An aged resident of Bruise Mrs Alice Dunne tells many stories about the famine years. She says that an uncle of hers lived in the home of the late Mr Michael Reilly Enagh. He was unable to pay his rent and the farm was seized and sold to the late owner for a pig. The original owner cursed the place and prayed that the farm should not remain in the hands of an O'Reilly. Fields were often given

   (continues on next page)

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen O Connell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lislea, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mrs Patrick Costello

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   68

   Address

   Carrigabruse, Co. Cavan