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School: Baile Uí Mhurchadha, Borris

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Ballymurphy, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Michael Ó Seachnasaigh
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    I live in Liselican. There is a rath in it It is the biggest rath in the district. Some raths are in sight of each other others are not. They are all circular in shape. There is a fence around the rath in Liselican (a stone fence). People believe that the fairies live in them. There is a story told about a man that was passing the rath one night and he saw a light, as he went nearer, he saw a lot of little men hurling with red caps and coats on them
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Andrew Dreelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissalican, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Patrick Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Lissalican, Co. Carlow