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School: Birr (St. Brendan's)

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Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
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S. Ó Conchobhair R. Ó Huigín
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    There are some fairy forts in this district and some are called raths and others rings. The rings are circular in shaped but the raths are not. There is a rath in Fleury's Moor and it is believed around the town that as a man was crossing by that way one night he heard fairies dancing and singing in the rath. He saw fairies dancing in a fairy ring quite near the rath. It is supposed that the man went into the rath and was never seen again.
    Collected by Noel Delaney, Townsend St, Birr.
    From: Mrs Gallagher, Burke's Hill, Birr.
    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
    Noel Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly