School: Baile a' Mhuilinn (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Siobhán, Bean Uí Dholáin
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- There are not many big forts in this parish but there is a very big fort in Banagher. It is in Michael Naughton's land, It is shaped like a house on the outside.
There is an opening in the centre of it, and it is wide enough for a man to enter it and go down to the river. My father and a man called Michael Daly went into the fort but they did not go in far in it.
It is very dark in the inside. They had to bring a lighted candle with them. They had to walk on their knees in it. One part of the fort is very narrow and the rest of it is wide.
There is a lis in my father's land also. It is about a quarter of a mile from my house. All the children that are not baptised are buried there. There are a lot of old stones in it. It is not a very big lis.
There is an old lis in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Mullaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Mullaney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Galway
