School: Cluain Tuirc (B.)

Location:
Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 268

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  1. There are four fairy forts in Drumard Jones. And the are in a straight line with one and other. There is one house built on a fairies pass and every night the two door opens and shuts again. One night my Father was coming in from milking the cows and he looked up at the fort and what did she see but a six story house and in every window a different light. Once there was a lot of whistling heard in all the
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
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    English