School: Fíodhnach (C.), Ráthluirc (roll number 4470)

Location:
Feenagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Ghrádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0496, Page 037

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    touch her. After a while she came home and told what had happened to her. When the people heard this they were much alarmed. A few coragious men went in the middle of the night, to dig for gold, but were hunted by a bull.
    It is about seventy years since this incident happened.
    There is also a story told thay when they were building our house, when they had it raised a certain height, they could raise it no higher because what they built during the day was knocked down during the night. They roofed it then, so nobody ventured to raise it since. It is 136 years since this occurred.
    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
    Maureen Long
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmurry (Archer), Co. Limerick