School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

Location:
Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
D. Curtis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 090

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  1. There is a field on the lands of
    Mr Hickey which was a rath one
    time.
    One night there was a fellow
    passing by this rath, and he saw the fairies hurling.
    They wanted another man to
    complete the two teams, so they
    brought in the man, and put him
    on one of the teams.
    The man couldn't hurl at all,
    and the fairies hurled him around the field.
    There is also a field on Mr
    Hickey's land in which there was an old town and churchyard one time
    Mr Hickey has a stone off Michael Dwyer's grave which is in Sydney, Australia.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary L. Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Adamstown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Michael Hickey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Misterin, Co. Wexford