School: Árd Caorthainn (roll number 15217)
- Location:
- Ardkeeran, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0180, Page 233
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- (continued from previous page)there is not a fort or cashel. When a fort is of stone it is generally called a cashel, and when it is of earth it is called a fort.
There is a fort in the half-quarter which was supposed to be inhabited by fairies It is circular in shape and has a ditch round the top. It is said that a man was mowing rushes on top of the fort when the blade came out of the handle.
None of the screws loosened. There is an old fort at Whitehill with a stone flag on top A man named Connolly lifted the flag and he was nearly smothered with smoke which came from the hole under it.
In Ross there are two old forts and a calf went into one(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eaver Mac Mahon
- Gender
- Male
