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School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)

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Cooleen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 083

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    About a mile from my house there is a field called The Glen Field. It is in the townsland of Cragg and the field is owned by Mr Coffey. The field in which the fort is in is surrounded by trees and it is circular in shape. About forty years ago there was a man passing this fort at the hour of midnight. The name of this man was Mr Martin Kennedy of Cragg. He saw a man clothed in white and he warned him not to cut any trees around this fort. After a little while the little man disappeared. Mr Kennedy went away quickly and never passed this fort again at the hour of midnight.
    About ten hundred yards from our school there is another fairy fot. It is in one of one Mr Goings fields. One night there was a man by the name of Mr Philip Meara Cragg, Birdhill going home from work. He saw a light shining in this fort. He followed the light and he got lost in the field. He stayed walling around the field all the night.
    About three miles due east of my house there is a place called The Burn Mills. It is said that there is another old fairy fort there. It is in a field owned by Mr Ryan. There was a high hedge around a little bush. The hedge was growing so high that Mr Ryan said
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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
    Maura Mannion
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cragg, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Thomas Mannion
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Worker
    Address
    Cragg, Co. Tipperary