School: Cloonacool (roll number 4802)
- Location:
- Cloonacool, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Blioscáin
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- There is a fort in Kilcummin on the land where my mother lived. It is called Cloc-er-na. It is not an ordinary sort of fort but comprises two walls a few yards a part around which grow very ancient bushes which intertwine overhead so as to form a sort of house. One end is completely closed up with bushes but there is an entrance on the other side. Small lights may be seen in great numbers entering and leaving this fort. My mother often counted as many as 30 or 40 at a time, as it is only one field from her house. She also heard old people of the district saying they often heard sounds of great merriment in that direction what the could make out on a moonlight night as horse races on the level field in which it is.
