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School: Templeudigan

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Templeludigan, Co. Wexford
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Máire, Bean Mhic Ghearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0901, Page 086

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  1. A Fairy Rath

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    In olden times, when people were superstitious, there was a rath near the school of Donard in which there grew a large tree.
    All the people around were afraid to pass that way at night for fear of the fairies, for they firmly believed that the fairies were there every night. The workmen who were employed by this man, the owner of the rath, were afraid to till that piece of land around the tree too.
    At last the greedy owner of the rath said he would root up the tree himself and till that portion of the rath too. He
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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
    Joseph Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygalvert, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Laurence Gaffney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygalvert, Co. Wexford