School: Rockwood, Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Derreennaclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Chorcora
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- (continued from previous page)You could see seven forts from Ardra fort
It is in Ardra fort the Danish chieftain who had command over the seven forts was supposed to live.
- There is a fort in Lisheencreagh. It is called Lis. It is circular in shape and there is a fence of earth around it. Once there was a man driving a cow over it and she was milked. The Danes are supposed to have built it. It is made up of rooms underneath and they are all arched. At midnight there is music and churning heard and lights seen in them. The owners never ploughed it or sat crops on it but they cut hay off it(continues on next page)
