School: Scoil na mBráthar, Dúrlas Éile
- Location:
- Durlas, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Br. T. S. Ó Maoilchiaráin
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“There is a fort in the Townland of Cormackstown. ...”
There is a fort in the Townland of Cormackstown. it is situated on Mr Brown's land. It is said that the Danes had it in olden times. It is circular in shape. First there is a bank of clay and then their are a lot of bushes around it. There are man pathways going in to it. Mr. Brown cannot close his door at night time because they say that his house is built on the pathway to another fort which you can see from Mr. Brown's fort. Lights are often seen in this fort.
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“There is a fort in one of Mr Maher's fields. ...”
There is a fort in one of Mr Maker's fields. He lives in Killane. My father told me these stories about it. One day a man went cutting hay in the fort not many years ago. When he had the hay cut he went home. He came to the fort the next day, but the hay was as high as before. Another man(continues on next page) - Collector
- William Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr William Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bóthar na Naomh, Co. Thiobraid Árann