School: Dumha-chaisil
- Location:
- Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 218
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- In this district forts are very common.
On the lands of Thomas McGowan of Lugmore, there is a fort known as the "Roy".
Every night there are lights seen going from Pat Kelleher's field where there is another fort to John Thomas McGowans and from there to a fort in Goldfield where they disappear.
One night as a man who lived near John T. McGowans field was coming home he saw lights in the distance.
Thinking that this was the light of his own(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toomour, Co. Mayo
