School: Gleann Buidhe (roll number 14847)
- Location:
- Glenboy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Rúibe, Bean Uí Cinóir
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- There is a fairy fort in the Stone-pound, there is another fort in a field of Mrs. Mercredy's. They are called forts. One is in the town-land of Tullyskearney and the other is in the town-land of Glenboy. They are of a round shape and one of them has an entrance.
There was a little boy living with his Granny in the Stone-pound. One day the boy was out and he got a porringer beside the fort. He brought it home with him. He was sent out to bring home the cows and he could not get them. He looked for two days and could not get them. His Granny asked him where he got the porringer and he told her at the fort and she told him to go back and leave it where he got it and he did so and the cows came home.
There were lights seen at the forts and lovely music was heard. The fairies lived in them.
There is a fort in Lurgan. It is of a round shap and paved under ground and there are rooms in it as well. There is an(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Daisy Gault
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenboy, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mr W. Gray
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Donagh More, Co. Leitrim
