School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)
- Location:
- Muingwore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Mhiadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 241
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“In the townland of Cluainlocháin an old fort is to be seen.”
In the townland of Cluainlocháin an old fort is to be seen. There is an entrance to this fort on the eastern side and a hawthorn bush is growing on the western side.
It is said there is a stone table and two iron chairs in this fort. An old woman once found a tongs and a paisley shawl as good as new in this fort, and she took them home with her.
Some days after the discovery a little boy dressed in a green suit of clothes came to her house and asked her to give back the things she had taken.
She refused and then the little man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Sweeney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Muingwore, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs M. Jordan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathomisk, Co. Mayo