School: Grangemocler (C.) Carrick-on-Suir (roll number 7596)
- Location:
- Grangemockler, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mrs Brigid Feehan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 071
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- There is a forth in Cooney's field in Blenaleen with an under ground cave and steps going down to it. You could go under ground for a distance. People used to hear music and singing in it long ago. The field is called the "forth field." In some forths old implements are found. People wouldn't tamper with a " forth" in any way fearing some evil thing would happen to them.There is old fort in Garryricken a man ploughed it about one hundred years ago. He set corn in it and he got a good crop off it that year. The next year he was ploughing the fort again and the fort fell in as there was an
- There is old fort in Garryricken. A man ploughed it about one hundred years ago. The set corn in it and he got a good crop off it that year. The next year he was ploughing the fort again and the fort fell in as there was an(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Power
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangemockler, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick Tyrell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Currasilla Lower, Co. Tipperary
