School: Doire an Céise (C )
- Location:
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Uaid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 263
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- (continued from previous page)round. The people long ago believed that fairies lived in it. There is a very big tree at one end of it and the fairies are supposed to have lived under this tree. There is a path through the middle of it and it is said that the fairies used to go this path every night. There was a house built beside the fort long ago and the people of the house used to hear beautiful music outside every night.
- There are a number of forts in this district. Some of them are very high, and most of them are one-ringed. There are two forts in my district, one in Dernakesh and another in Clonraw. Both are on high hills, and there is a good view from them.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philomena Shalvey
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Shalvey
- Gender
- Male
