School: Mullach Airlinne (roll number 1173)
- Location:
- Mullagharlin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Siúrdáin
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- (continued from previous page)rabbits burrows in it. There is one called the "Fairies Hills" in Mr Brennan's field. No one can plough the field. A man tried to plough it but no sooner had he touched it than he, the horses and the plough were lifted and thrown into a strange field, and he could not get out. It is also believed that if anyone goes into the field they cannot be got out until morning. It is also said that if one falls on the fort he will never rise again.
- During the years 1846 and '47 the potato crop failed and the whole country almost were reduced to starvation.
Then the blight came on the potatoes while they were still in the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bridie Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Green Gates, Co. Louth
