School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)

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1. Notes Relating to Forts in my Townland (continued)

   

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   field called "Cnoc a'Ceapaire. There was three mounds round it.

   In the field called "Caipeal" there was a castle and there was two mounds round it. There are caves there too. A few years ago some man found war implements in a cave in that field.

   In the field called "Caraigín" there was a big castle and there was only one mound round it.

   In the field called "Tobairin Deice" there is only a small fort. There is a spring well beside it. It was from that fort Dontas got its name.

   In the field called "Poll Breac" there was a big castle and there was three mounds round it. On Christmas Night six years ago, Margaret Durham, Doontas, saw the fort lighted up with candles. There was a gap leading into the fields where the fort was and nobody could build the gap or something would happen to them.

   In the field called "Poll Cacal"

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Josephine Durkan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Doonty, Co. Mayo