School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach) (roll number 6091)
- Location:
- Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0463, Page 400
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“A liss is an ancient stone building, some people say that it is a fairy cave while others say it belong to the Danes and that they used to hide there.”
(continued from previous page)He searched & searched but in vain; at last he called a neighbour & they both went & tried until at long last one of them thought of the lios and at the same time he wouldn't believe how animal could be lost there for the opening of the lios was now too small for a cat to got through.
To his dismay, however, he found his missing animal stuck in the los & it was dead.
The man made sure that it was the fairies drew in the animal there and after a short time he sold out his farm because he was afraid he might lose all his cattle in the fairy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen O' Shea
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonee, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- James O' Shea
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonee, Co. Kerry