1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile Haodha (C.), Ráthluirc

School: Baile Haodha (C.), Ráthluirc

Location:
Newtown Ballyhay, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mrs. Julia Herbert
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0374, Page 342

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0374, Page 342

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Baile Haodha (C.), Ráthluirc
  2. XML Page 342
  3. XML “Fairy Forts”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Fairy Forts

    Share Share Post
    As far as I know there are eight forts in the districts. There are two forts in the school districts and there is one in Newtown Ballyhea the other is in Ballycosgry the one in Ballycosgry is called lios an [baruin?] which mean the fort of the bacon. There is one in Ballinadrideen two in Ardnageela one in Ballynoran and one in Cooline. They are all called forts. There are a lot of trees around the one in Ballycosgry, and in Ballinadrideen. It is said if any one fell in a fort and cut any part of them that they would not get all right. These forts were built in older times for the Danes. Fairies lived there long ago. There are cats seen near the forts. There used to be music heard there and lights were seen there. Patrick Thompson.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Philomena Rea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardnageehy, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Edmond Rea
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer