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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
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Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 207

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    In our day, we call "Forts" Raths. Around every rath there is a little ditch, and there is a place left for an entrance, through which the fairies used to go in and out.
    When you are in a rath, you can always see three others It is not lucky to build a house on one of these "passes" (between the raths). / something always happens to it.
    Phil Lewis' house, in Donard, is built on the path or "pass" going from the rath in Knockindarrow to the one on the Ball Moat. He can never keep the part of the roof over the door thatched - there is always a little place that is
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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
    Larry Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Murtagh Nolan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow