School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)
- Location:
- Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Thos. Mc Gettrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0090
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- There is also a fairy fort in Alcocks. It is a big fort, and there are bushes and a lot of gaps for an entrance. There is a big stone the shape of a coffin in the middle of the fort. There was crying heard one night.
- There is a fairy fort in the school district. There is a circling sod ditch around it and there are trees growing on the ditch. There is a strange story told about it. One day a man went out to cut the trees for fire wood. The next morning he went to the fair and left his wife and child alone in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael P. Scanlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigans Upper, Co. Sligo
