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 589
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- Once upon a time a woman at the west of Camp had three children and the three of them died when they were babies. A time after their mother died and there were two women going to the wake, and as they were passing a fort they saw three little lights came out of the fort and went slowly on ahead of them until they came to the wake house where the woman was dead and the three little lights buried themselves in the thatch.
There are two forts in the School district. Those are commonly known as forts, one is in Tonevane and the other is in Ballydunlea, and both forts are in view of each other. Both are circular in shape, there is a fence of earth around each, and there(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Greaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Blennerville, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Greaney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Blennerville, Co. Kerry
