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School: Piercetown (C.) (roll number 8690)

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Piercetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire Furlong
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    On the slob farm is an immense field covering 100 Acres of land.
    It is called the Rath's field.This field could never be ploughed.
    A man named Dempsey started to plough it but when he turned the first sod he dropped dead. It was an impossibility to ever plough it afterwards. It remains unploughed to this day.
    If anyone happens to be in this field after dusk he cannot find his way out for he is dazzled with lights and daylight only can free him.
    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
    Mary Furlong
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Piercetown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr Ned Chandler
    Gender
    Male