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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

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Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 346

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    for her and the next morning the Priest said mass on the spot where he saw her and she or any other fairy was never seen there again.
    This is a story about Cloonlara fort. Mr. Tarpey, the man that owned the fort, when he was coming home from visiting late one night, as he was passing the fort a funeral of fairies carrying a corpse on their
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Lyons
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Lyons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Belesker, Co. Mayo