School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 095
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- 1. There is a fort in Dan Hickeys land bounding our farm. This fort was supposed to be built by the Danes as hiding places from the English and there is supposed to be gold hidden there as there is supposed to be gold hidden in every fort.
There is a story told of a woman by the name of Kate Fleming an aunt of the present Jack Fleming of Killeentierna who was passing by this fort one Sunday going to mass. She heard the bell ringing inside in the fort and the priest saying mass. It is said mass used to be read in this fort long ago.
Thade Kelly a grandfather to the present James Counihan, a mason of Rossanean, was once setting potatoes by the side of this fort. He heard a noise inside and looking round he saw a woman dressed in white with a child in her arms and she singing beautifully for it. After coming a little distance from the fort, she turned round, walked in again, and disappeared.
- Collector
- Nora Butler
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas Butler
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
