School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 460
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- (continued from previous page)Nancy Smyth
Johnsbrook,
Fordstown,
Kells Co. Meath
- My Uncle Jack Fox Robinstown has a field and it is called the fort. There is a fort in it and Granny told me that there were fairies in it. She told me that they would come out every night and go through the yard at twelve o'clock. In the ditch that surrounds the field there is a big rock and this is the entrance to the fort. It is said that there is gold in it.
- CRUIC NA RíMy uncle James Fox own Cruic na Rí in Clonmellon. It is a field with a big hill in it. The old kings used to live in it and Nill of the Hostages lived on it for a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Johnstown, Co. Meath
