School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)
- Location:
- Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 136
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“Boyle abounds in fairy forts, and each and every one of them are said to be inhabited by the fairies.”
(continued from previous page)creature imaginable and she was wailing mournfully. All this while she was busily engaged in combining [combing?] her long grey hair, which the woman said, stretched until it reached the window of a house farther down the lane. There it hung and the poor woman was awe-stricken. She went inside and that day week a woman from the house died.
Old Forts
“There are many forts situated around Boyle. Some town-lands have received their names from these forts, such as Lisserdrea and Dunamese.”
There are many forts situated around Boyle. Some town-lands have received their names from these forts, such as Lisserdrea and Dunamese. In the various places these forts were termed Dun, Lis, Rath and Fort as Fortwilliam,(continues on next page)