School: Na Cealla (Kells) (roll number 8148)

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1. Liosanna

   

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   There is an old Lios in Ballinacille near Glenbeigh, there is a big hole running under the ground like a tunnel. Singing is heard there at night and the fairies are supposed to be seen there at present. There is a story told by the old people how one night a young boy was walking along the road whistling and singing. He saw a sod of turf on the road; he hit it with a kick and put it in over the ditch and it landed at the mouth of the Lios; the following day his leg swelled up and kept at him all the time for about a month. After he died the people said that it was a fairy stroke he got.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tom Shea

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gleensk, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mrs Ellie O' Shea

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   54

   Address

   Gleensk, Co. Kerry

2. Liosanna

   

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   Tá alán liosanna agus fothracha tímcheall na h-áíte agus deirtear gurbh íad san na h-áiteanna a chómhnaigh na Sídhe. Tá liosachán mór i Cnocáinín ó Fhólugha. Oidhche amháin chúaidh na búachaillí óga isteach ins an lios agus bí choimeall ag lasa acha agus bhí cháirdín

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