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School: Lios Uí Bhigín (B.) (roll number 8791)

Location:
Lissyviggeen, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Séamus P. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0455, Page 008

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    Old Forts in the locality
    Within a mile or so from the school there are five forts or lisses.
    The first which gives this townland its name is in Lissivigeen - Lios Uí bhigín or the Fodrt of O Bigeen just behind my house about three hundred yards to the north-west of Lissivigeen school. This is a big fort and is surrounded by a double fence. It is said that long age there was a subterranean passage going from this to the other forts.
    The house in which we live is a large two storeyed house. It is built eighty or ninety years ago by a Scotchman name Dumas who named the place Fortwilliam. My Grandfather bought the property from Dumas's son.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eugene O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissyviggeen, Co. Kerry