School: Fanaid (roll number 10658)

Location:
Fánaid, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cáitlín Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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  1. "The Forth" 9. 12. '38
    Near the road which runs from Ballynashanagh, to Maghera Warden is an uneven mound, which is never tilled. It is in a field of Mr. Foster's of Drumfad. It was a burial place for unbaptised children in olden times.
    "Hugh McAteer, Drumfad Ballynashanagh remembers to see the burials when he was a child"
    This mound is called the Forth.
    Hugh McAteer, farmer.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáitlín Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Informant
    Hugh Mc Ateer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Drumfad, Co. Donegal