School: Castlecuffe, Mountmellick (roll number 8749)
- Location:
- Castlecuffe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: J. Devereux
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0824, Page 122
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- Daves Fort; Built by Danes as a means of protection in Ballykaneen.
N.B; Land on edge of Clonaslee has a fort and the owner leveled it down. It is said that his luck went with it and that he lost both land and prosperity.
- Collector
- Joseph Deffew
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
