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School: Ballinacree (C.) (roll number 13966)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
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Eibhlín Bean Uí Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 305

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    Fairy Forts
    Told by Edward Cullen aged 54 years.
    Clantiduffy, Mountnugent, Co. Cavan
    About fifty years ago there lived a gipsy in Millbrook who was always going around gathering food. He had no education for he never went to school.
    One night he slept on a fort and when he awoke in the morning he found that he could compose songs. Then some of the people built a house for him and since then he has been called Martin the Poet.
    About that time there lived a girl in Rassillagh and one night she dreamt that there was a saucepan of gold on a fort nearby. Next morning she went to find it but instead of gold she found a saucepan of snail-boxes. It
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Siubhaínín Ní Chuilinn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Edward Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Clontyduffy (Hart), Co. Cavan