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School: Cill Gharbh, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 10499)

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Kilgarriff, Co. Cork
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Adelaide Mac Carthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 006

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    “There is a fort near Shannon Vale Clonakilty called Tawnies Fort, and in the middle of the fort, there is a passage which leads to Fern Hill, and from that to Ballyduvane.”

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    There is a fort near Shannon Vale Clonakilty called Tawnies Fort, and in the middle of the fort, there is a passage which leads to Fern Hill, and from that to Ballyduvane. The passage is very narrow. It is the Leperacans who built it, so that they could go from fort to fort at night.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jean Nagle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonakilty, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr W. Nagle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonakilty, Co. Cork