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School: Hospital Convent (roll number 13898)

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Hospital, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr. Bernard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0515, Page 025

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    Before the Firbolgs came to Ireland there was a race of Pigmies in the country who when the invasion came built these moats, raths or forts as hiding places and means of escape from the big invaders.
    They built them in a circular shape with a hole in the centre and lived in them and they never appeared until after dark which accounts for the legend of the fairies.
    There are supposed to underground passages connecting all these local moats. There are five moats in the immediate vicinity :- Gotoon, Portbeg, Kilfrush, Coolscart, Lodge. They are not in
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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
    Kitty Jones
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hospital, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hospital, Co. Limerick