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School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

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Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Coluin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0434, Page 226

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    “There is a fort near Listry, and it is supposed that any person who ever went into it was never seen again.”

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    There is a fort near Listsry, and it is supposed that any person who ever went into it was never seen again. It was believed that the fairies carried them away.
    There is a field next to it(?) called, "Páirc an Óir". The people believed that the fairies had gold buried there.
    A woman went into the fort once and she managed to get away from the fairies. That night the fairies came, and took the woman's child and put a fairy child instead. From that day onwards the fairy child persecuted
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máiread Rochfort
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killorglin, Co. Kerry