School: Liathdruim

Location:
Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0085

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0085

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    horses and side cars and they used to race home to see who would be home the first. The horses used to get frightened when they would see the fires on the sides of the roads.
    A "hauling home" would never pass a graveyard. Neither would it come home from the church the same road it took when going there.
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  2. There is a fort in Dalyston townland. It is situated in the middle of a field called the Two-Tree Field. It was built by the Danes before they left Ireland in the year 1014.
    It is built with flags and clay. There are steps of
    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)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pauline Hardiman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacrah, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Hardiman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Kilmacrah, Co. Galway
  3. There is a fort in Dalyston townland. It is situated in the middle of a filed called the Two-Tree Field. It was built by the Danes before they left Ireland in the year 1014.
    It is built with flags and clay. There are steps of
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.