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School: Tír na Móna (roll number 10441)

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Tirnamona, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Blackburn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0954, Page 282

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  1. Old Forts - Graffagh, Parish of Tydavnet

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    Old forts
    Graffa, Parish of Tydavnet, surrounded by deep bank. Gap in bank, like an entrance, no trees, two lone bushes on the bank. Its diameter is about twenty four feet. A tunnel is supposed to be underneath it. Supposed to be a Danish fort.
    From observation. Collected by
    Wallace Graham, Age 12, Graffa, Smithboro.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Graffagh, Co. Monaghan
    Collector
    Wallace Graham
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Graffagh, Co. Monaghan

  2. Old Forts - Killydonnelly, Parish of Tydavnet

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    Killadonelly, Parish of Tydavnet. Circular fort about one hundred feet in diameter. Surrounded by a bank on which grow whitethorn trees. A gap in the bank for an entrance. Nobody ever cut a tree in it for fear of evil befalling him. Supposed to be a fort of the Danes.
    From observation. Collected by
    Bobbie Chambers, Age 12 and 1/2
    Killadonelly
    Ballinode
    Co Monaghan
    2/12/1937
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit