1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile Nua, Tulach an Iarainn

School: Baile Nua, Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 5093)

Location:
Ballynoe, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Briain
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0380, Page 125

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0380, Page 125

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 Nua, Tulach an Iarainn
  2. XML Page 125
  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 (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    The sight held him spell-bound.
    In the silvery light of the moon were the fairies dancing around in a ring and singing.
    He stole softly from the fort, and raced for his home, the distance never seemed so far before to him.
    He struggled to bed, as quickly as possible, and for many years after he never passed by the fort.
    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
    Joan Hegarty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glentane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Thomas Barry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glentane, Co. Cork