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School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)

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Kilnamona, Co. Clare
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Síle Céitinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 415

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    “One time, some children died rather suddenly.”

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    a few days.A short time after their deaths, their mother went for the cows, one evening to milk them she was in the middle of the field and she saw coming towards her an old lady and one of her own children. When the child saw its mother it ran towards her and cried out Ma-ma ,but before the child could get near its mother a big black dog ran between them and drove the child back.The mother watched and saw the child and the old lady going into the fort at Tullassa.
    Long ago a farmer living at Kilcross sent his servant man with some sheep to another farm he had in Kilmaley .He arrived safely with the sheep and had some refreshments there.On his return home in the evening he said to himself that he would count the forts between Kilmaley and his master's home.he began to count until he came to a fort in Kilnamona.Two men walked out from the fort to him -men he
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    “Long ago a farmer living at Kilcross sent his servant man with some sheep to another farm he had in Kilmaley.”

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    Long ago a farmer living at Kilcross sent his servant man with some sheep to another farm he had in Kilmaley .He arrived safely with the sheep and had some refreshments there.On his return home in the evening he said to himself that he would count the forts between Kilmaley and his master's home.he began to count until he came to a fort in Kilnamona.Two men walked out from the fort to him -men he
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Hegarty
    Gender
    Female