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School: Camross, Mountrath

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Camross, Co. Laois
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Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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    “Fionn Mac Cumaill learned to run and beat a hare in Shrahane.”

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    Fionn Mac Cumaill learned to run and beat a Hare in Shrahane.
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    “Monanelly Fort is the largest in the neighbourhood...”

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    Monanelly Fort is the largest in the neighbourhood, situated in Shrahane. "Souteráin"; contained in its structure neighbours say there a castle underneath the Fort itself.
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    “Once there lived an landlord named Cullan in Marymount. ...”

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    Once there lived a landlord named Cullan in Marymount. He had a Castle near the river Tonnet. One day he caught a boy on hid lands with a bundle of rods. He accused the boy of stealing the rods and hanged him from a tree near a gate in Marymount. The place was ever since called Gallow's Gate.
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    “During the time St. Fintan was in Clonenagh...”

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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
      2. land management (~4,110)
    3. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Collier
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs M. Collier
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    36
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Laois