School: Easgéiphtine (B.) (roll number 2039)

Location:
Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Donncha Mac Eoin
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    with bushes and rabbits live in it. There are several other forts in the locality but little is known about them. They are all shaped like rings.
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  2. There are two forts in Cragmore in the parish of Askeaton. One of them is surrounded by a wall, and the other one is surrounded by bushes and stones.
    There is a fort in Incherourke in the parish of Askeaton. It is a big wide fort surrounded with a stone wall. With trees growing up through it. There is a heap of stones in the middle of it. There is a gap going into it on the east side of it. There is money hidden in it since the seventh century.
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  3. There are a lot of old forts in this district. There is one in Milltown and one in Toomdeely and in Moig also. They belonged to the old people. There are a lot
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Roche
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballyengland Upper, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    John O' Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Ballyengland Upper, Co. Limerick