School: Naomh Breandán (C.), Blennerville (roll number 16899)

Location:
Blennerville, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhuircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 511

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  1. We have many fairy forts in Kerry.
    The biggest fairy fort, was the fort in Kerrin's, this fort was surrounded by an earthen wall, this fort unlike the Lohercannon and Ballydunlea, and the one in the north-west in Loneart by the sea shore. The one in the Keirn's is not called liss fort or cathair, but it was allways called dún. The Danes had big rooms in this Dún, and it was the longest fort in Kerry Mr Keirn's with
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