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School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

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Abbey, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0371

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    Fairy - forts
    1. There are many
    fairy forts around here.
    The nearest fort to this school is Lis
    Dara. It is about a half a mile
    from this school.
    2. There is also
    another above in Coley Dervan's fields.
    There used men go up into that fort
    but now it is getting closed in.
    3. There is also
    another above in Brookfield.
    A man went in one of these forts
    and he coming back he heard shouting
    and he also said he saw something.
    4. These forts around
    here have rings around them.
    The forts are very numerous around
    here as no one ever counted them.
    6.There is another
    above in Danesfort at the back of
    Mr Power's house. It is about three
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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
    Thérèse Holohan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Abbey, Co. Galway
    Informant
    J.J. Nevin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Abbey, Co. Galway