School: Gleann Fleisge

Location:
Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 862

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    fort. They used dance upon the level banks. Any one that would pass the road very late at night they would keep him on the road for the night or carry him into the fort until morning and they would put the man to sleep and when he would wake in the morning all the fairies would be gone. The people would get little caps and hats and fifes after the night but they used be afraid to take anything. There are big holes under parts of the bank and if you ran around it you would hear an empty sound in some parts of it especially on the northern side. There are badgers and rabbits living in the holes now. There is a ditch of stone about six feet high and four feet broad running from the road to the bottom of the field on the eastern side and there is no ditch only briers on the northern side. There is a ditch about a feet on the western side. There are five haggards on the western part of the fort and
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Owen Spillane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Lough Guitane, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    James Counihan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    85
    Address
    Lough Guitane, Co. Kerry