School: Richmond (roll number 14400)
- Location:
- Richmond, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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- (continued from previous page)The people give her lodgings though they are not as kind to her as to Hugh Keogh.
- There is a fort in my district of Ballinobaun, Crossmalina, Co. Mayo known as the Rathbane fort. It is in John Lynn's field. The forts are in view of one another. This fort is rectangular in shape. The centre part of the fort is about two feet higher than the rest of it. There is a descent at the back of it like a stairs. There are two noises in it. There is a fairy bush on the south side. Nobody ever say it to bud or to put out any(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Elizabeth Herbert
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Herbert
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo
