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School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

Location:
Ballymanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036, Page 0099

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    situated near the house and that is how it got its name.
    It is circular in shape and hollow. There is no entrance hole to the fort but old people say there was previously, but it is now closed in. The owner of the land presently is a man named Connor's and he or any others, it is stated have interfered with the fort. either by exploring the interior or during agricultural process Fairy people were supposed to have lived in the fort and in the near surroundings but no fairy tales have been told with regards to them.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Menihan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carheen, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Connors
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carheen, Co. Galway