1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Shountrade, Adare

School: Shountrade, Adare (roll number 6657)

Location:
Shantraud, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhloinn
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 081a

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 081a

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: Shountrade, Adare
  2. XML Page 081a
  3. XML “Lios na Muc in the District of Shountrade”

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. Lios na Muc in the District of Shountrade

    Share Share Post
    Lios na-muc in the district of
    Shountrade.
    There is a fort about two miles to the west of Shountrade school. The name of it is Lios-na muc, which means the fort of the pigs.
    There is another fort situated in Lord Dunraven's Deer Park. The three rings of earth are still to be seen which were used to guard the Chiefs who lived there. One ring of earth is perfect. The second ring is broken and the remainder of the third is still to be seen.
    There is another situated north west of Shountrade school about one mile. There is only one ring to be seen. There is one also in Gort-na-
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Bourke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynagool, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Johan Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Gortnagrour, Co. Limerick