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School: Baile an Londraigh (C.) (roll number 14306)

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Ballylanders, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Eibhlís, Bean Uí Shíoda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 101

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    There are two moates and a lios in the townsland of Cullane. One is in Foxe's field, one in O Hanlon's and one in O'Gorman's land. The lios is circular in shape and in a hollow. There is a path underground from O'Gorman's lios to O'Hanlon's moat. the moates are raised mounds of earth. The hay is cut off O'Hanlon's moat every year. A ditch runs from the lios to Hanlon's moat and a man was seen walking along the ditch at midnight. this man was seen by Thomas Cusack. He appeared like a human being.
    One morning a man going to work at about 2 a.m. saw a leprechaun in the lios making a pair of boots. The leprechaun asked him did he want
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen English
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cullane, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Thomas Cusack
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Occupation
    Worker
    Address
    Ahnagurra, Co. Limerick