School: Longford, Kinnitty
- Location:
- Longford, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 112
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- (continued from previous page)of each mound is a hollow with a great rock which is supposed to hide treasure.
Carrolls fort which is in Clonlee on the land owned by John Carroll was supposed to be an old graveyard. A light is supposed to be seen going from this fort to the one in Poulduff.
There are two forts in a farm called "the Hundred acres" owned George Mc Bride. A light does between those two forts every night hourly and one night a ball of light was seen, by Mick Mullins, John Hensey of Ballymack, rising from one of those forts travelling up to the fort in Poulduff.
There is another fort in Whelans of Glendine. It is like the others with an ash tree growing in the centre; this tree never ceases creaking and one would think it is about to fall.
Meaghers fort is about quarter of a mile down from Whelans fort(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Hensey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Clonlee, Co. Offaly
