School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)

Location:
Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhurthile
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    There is a fort at Gooseberry Hill.

    There is a fort at Gooseberry Hill. There was a road through this fort. The owner of this field where the fort was, cut down some part of the ditch and he sent a man and two horses to plough the field and he ploughed around the fort and as he was ploughing he got paralysed and died, the two horses were struck dead and the owner of the field died shortly afterwards.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire T. Ní Dalaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Con Davy Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scarteen Lower, Co. Cork
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    A story is told in this district of a fairy fort.

    A story is told in this district of a fairy fort.
    There were not many nurses long ago.
    There was a nurse and she was a native of Newmarket. One night a man came to the womans house for her.
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