School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 470

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  1. One night there was a man going across Tom Moran's land in Cortoon, Killala. It was late at night and there is a fort there. He was going to Miss Gardiners and he was put astray. He was going till day and he could not understand why he was not at his destination. So when day came he found himself in the middle of a bunch of ferns, and he went to Tom Moran and asked him what was the meaning of it, he told him there was a fort there. So he knew then he was put astray, and ever since nobody took that path at night.
    There is another fort in our land, and it is surrounded by stones, very rich grass grows in-between the stones. There is another one in Jack Killeen's land in Cortoon also, and it is in a shape of a round ring. this land is called the Battery the fort is covered with ferns. People never plough these
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Lynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Moran
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo