School: Mullach Dubh
- Location:
- Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Blioscáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 141
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- Fairy Forts There is a fairy fort in a field of Pat Lonigans in the townland of Buggaun. It is called " green fort" because it is a green bare hill. Over a hundred years ago this land belonged to a man named McGuire. At that time there was a high wall all around this fort. The owners of the land threw the wall and used the stones for building purposes. In a very short time the whole family died. There is a remarkable stone
in this fort and on it the sign of the cross is cut.At that there lived a man in this district named "Crane".This man was a great flute player. This man wa walking near the fort one day and he heard a flute player playing in the fort. He himself was a great flute player as he began to play a time and when he was finished he left the flute back but from that day he never could play another time.
- Collector
- Bridie Mc Manus
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Boggaun, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Manus
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Boggaun, Co. Leitrim
