School: Cillín
- Location:
- Killeen, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - This lisheen is on the lands of Pat Tighe, Muingreevagh, Ballycastle Co. Mayo.At one time this old fort or Lisheen was graveyard for children who where born dead.
- One night a man named Pat Doherty was coming home late at the hour of three o clock at night time from the town. It was a moonlight night, and he looked up at the Lisheen, and he saw a crowd of men dressed in white, about two feet high dancing around the Lisheen. There was so many of them in it that he(continues on next page)
