School: Baile a' Mhuilinn (Cailíní)

Location:
Milltown, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siobhán, Bean Uí Dholáin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0041, Page 186

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0041, Page 186

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Baile a' Mhuilinn (Cailíní)
  2. XML Page 186
  3. XML “Forts and Lisses”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. 11th Feb, 1938
    Forts and Lises :
    There are thousands of forts and lises scattered all over the country. It was the Firbolgs that built these forts.
    There is a fort in Banagher. It is a very important fort. There is a very big tunnel going down in the ground and it is extending as far as the castle field in Kilclooney. There are big stones on top of the tunnel. It is very dark inside. You would have to light a candle to find your way through it.
    The man who owns that field is Jack Naughton. The fort is very useful to him. He puts his turnips mangolds into it, but he has to put brushes outside in summer
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Myra Birmingham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Birmingham
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    34
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway