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1. Fairy Forts

   

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   There are a number of forts in this district.
   There is a fort in Lisrobin and another
   remarkable one in Lisdangon in the parish
   of Newmarket in the (barony) Barony of
   Duhallow and in the Co. of Cork.
   It is very large, it is surrounded with a
   fence of furze and stones with an entrance
   of stepping stones into several appartments
   under ground. There are doors dividing
   the rooms. People are supposed to have
   seen fairies or good people and music
   was heard and cat calls also. There
   are a number of stories told about a
   fort in Gooseberry Hill in the parish
   of Meelin in the Barony of Duhallow
   and in the Co. of Cork. The man that
   owned the farm died. His land and
   cattle were to be sold as he left his money
   for the present altar in Newmarket Church.
   All the cattle were to be taken to the fair to
   be sold, but they could not be taken. The
   cattle returned home and went into the fort,
   and a horse that Maurice Fitz Patrict, Taur
   purchased could not be taken off the
   land. It took five men to remove him,
   and the cattle had to be left there

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora O' Sullivan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Glenlara, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John O' Sullivan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Glenlara, Co. Cork