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School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (C.) (roll number 14206)

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Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 170

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  1. Fairy Forts

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    There are three fairy forts in the school district. There are two in the town-land of Cubry Kerwan and one in Curry Ms Manus yo can see them from each other. They are round in shape. There are bushes and dykes around them. There is a hole in the centre of one fort. People have often gone down through the hole and saw room and stones. I never heard who built the forts. The Black and Tans threw a Bomb in one of those forts in which there was a hole. They thought there was men hidden in this hole and they would kill them. Fairy people are supposed to live in them There is a white rabbit seen in one of those forts and
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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
    Ada Nally
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    16
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Kathleen Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    18
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo