School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 313

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There is a fairy fort near our school and it is said that fairy people lived there long ago.

There is a fairy fort near our school and it is said that fairy people lived there long ago. There is a big ditch around it and trees planted on top of the ditch. It is said that a man long ago went one evening in the month of May and when he went in he opened a door which was on the ground and he went down about a mile under the ground and he went into a room and he saw no one inside.
He went to the press and opened it and he got a big bag of money. When he was coming out of the fort he met a man and the man asked him where was he going and he said he was coming out from

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Collector
Peg Leahy
Gender
female
Address
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Informant
Ned Galvin
Gender
male
Age
63
Address
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Language
English