School: Sailcheartáin (Sillahetane), Dúnmaonmhuighe

Location:
Sillahertane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Íte Ní Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0304, Page 112

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  1. There is a liss in Barney Pattison's farm at Sillertane, the field where it situated is called the liss field; this field has never been ploughed in living memory.
    Another liss is in the field behind the house of Mrs John Beamish, Milane, Dunmanway.
    Mr John Beamish went into this liss many years ago, there are two rooms in it.
    There is another liss in one of Mr Jagoe's fields at Kinrath Dunmanway.
    Mr Draper, Rockgrove, Dunmanway, told me he got very tiny clay pipes near a Fairy Fort at Coolmaine opposite Courtmacsherry, this fort was in Michael Donovan's farm.
    Mr Draper told me his father went into a liss once (he couldn't tell where) and there were seats all around it.
    Con Burke, Milane, Dunmanway said his brother-in-law Bartholomew Crowley ploughed a liss field on his
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Henrietta Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sillahertane, Co. Cork