School: Cluain Fhada (B.) (roll number 15557)
- Location:
- Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Fathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 230
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- (continued from previous page)and still he could not find the turn. He sat down at last and when he got up again he could found the turn.
The mound is one hundred and ten feet in diameter. The ditch is fifteen feet wide in places. there are two entrances to the fort one at the (other) eastern side and the other at the northern side.
- There is a fairy fort in Lisheenaheilta. It is about nine yards square. There is a small ditch around it on which laurel trees grow.
There is a hill on the middle of the fort and there is a little well on top of it. There is a man living near the fort and he was brought into it by the fairies so it is thought. He was found within it one morning. The same man has a charm from the fairies. - There is an old fort in Kelly's field in our (fie)
village. It is about thirty yards in diameter. It is from a(continues on next page) - Collector
- Thomas Groarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gorteenacammadil, Co. Roscommon
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- Mr Groarke
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Gorteenacammadil, Co. Roscommon
