School: Naomh Éamoinn, Dúnmaonmhuighe (roll number 10703)

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1. Fairy Forts

   

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   There is a fairy fort on my father's farm in the townland of Kinrath. It is locally called a lios. Circular in shape, the lios is surrounded by an earthen fence on which hawthorn, furze and holly grows. Between the fence and the mound there is a deep dyke. The entrance hole is in the centre of the lios, but there is supposed to be another, starting at the bottom of a nearby field, but is at present covered over with earth, etcetra. Inside the lios there is supposed to be a great number of rooms, leading round in a circle. Once, two men started to explore the interior, but got no further than the second room, because the earth had fallen in and made further advance impossible.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Milly Jagoe

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   16

   Informant

   Mr A. Jagoe

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   46

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Keenrath, Co. Cork