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School: Irishtown

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Milltown, Co. Westmeath
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    About a quarter of a mile from my house there is a fort called "Ráth na Mucán" It is a small round fort. There are trees growing on it. It is about seven feet high.
    The fairies are said to go from the fairies churn up to it at certain times in the year and that if a person went by that way he could seed the grass white.
    It is believed that there is more gold in it than in all Ireland.

    Collected and written by
    Phyllis Reilly (13)
    Ballintue
    Ballynacargy
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Phyllis Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballintue, Co. Westmeath