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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 03_036

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    There is a fort in Mr. Hunt's field in the village of Prizon in the parish of Balla. There were a lot of stones in the bottom of the fort and around the brinks of it.
    About forty years ago Paddy Connolly and his brothers took the stones away from the fort and made a ditch of them. When the ditch was made all the men died.
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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
    Annie M. Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo