School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 403
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- (continued from previous page)were often lights seen at night and the grass was burned round where the lights were. The owners of the land never interfere with them when ploughing. There was music heard and some men went into it through the fort and they came out at Trim. They saw fairies in it and when the fairies saw them they hid and they could see lights and hear music inside in the rath.
- The little field; the big field; wheat field; ospel; the slang; the pony field;(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eugene Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Doire Longáin, Co. Meath
