School: Druim Mór (roll number 16278)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Catháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0166, Page 352
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Druim Mór
- XML Page 352
- XML “Forts”
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
- Long ago it was supposed that there were fairies living in the forts. The ruins of these forts are still to be seen. Nobody wishes to interfere with them, for it is said something bad or unlucky always happens to anybody who does. These forts are very ancient. There is a fort in the townland of Croagh and it is very remarkable. It stands on a hill overlooking the whole district. It is round in shape and there are several old hawthorn bushes growing on it. There is a fire-place in this fort and two hobs, one each side of it. It is said this fort belonged to the Danish Kings of long ago.This is the story that is connected with it. A certain man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eily Judge
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Henry Judge
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Crowagh or Dunneill Mountain, Co. Sligo
