School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Moylough, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 141
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- There is a fairy fort in my district. It is round and surrounded by a ditch outside it is a big dyke where water gathers in winter. It is built on top of a hill and the forts are in view of each other.
For the entrance there is a hole where there was a pully-bridge. The Danes used this bridge to prevent the soldiers from invading the premises.
Once a man was digging in this hole and about five feet deep he got the head of a person. He took it in his hand and it became ashes immediately. The man was so much afraid that he ran away.
Lights have been seen many a time in this fort and fairy people have been seen in it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Gavin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moylough, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Gavin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Springlawn, Co. Galway
