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School: Scoil Sheosaimh Ntha (Cailíní)

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Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 222

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    1. The field of the "fort" because there are two hills in that field where the Danes were long ago and if anyone interfered with the hills foul air would come up and kill the people.
    2. If you were going across fields and walked on them hills you would go astray
    3. "Wellfort" is so called because there is a well near a very large "fort"
    4. The "field bush" is supposed to be haunted
    5. "Gortín an Asal" the (said to) field of ass.
    6. "Cloush Ganly "It is said to be haunted.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Kiltullagh, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Maggie Gibney
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Tom Disken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltullagh, Co. Galway