School: Ballyfasey, Glenmore (roll number 9880)

Location:: Ballyfasy Lower, Co. Kilkenny
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by fairies It is built with stones and the fairies were heard kicking football

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There is a rath in Culletons field Kilbride and it is not known wheater fairies were in it. It is said that a priest lived in it, and he said mass in the Kilbride Church. There is another in Codys field, and there is a building of stones in the middle of it. It is said that it it was built by the Danes.
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Topics
1. place-space-environment
  legendary and spiritual places (~158)
  fairy forts (~5,616)
Language

English
Collector
John Kennedy
Gender

Male
Address

Kilbride, Co. Kilkenny

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