School: Roundwood
- Location:
- Roundwood, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Peadar Réamonn
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- About a hundred yards up the Lough Dan road on the left hand side there stands the ruins of an old church which was a "Fairy Fort" in olden times.
In years gone by it is believed that if you were standing there at night you would hear music and dancing going on inside.
There are three more forts that I know of:
one in Knockfadda, one in Woodbank and one in Raheen.
The one in Knockfadda is built of earth and stone surrounded by a hedge.
I don't know anything about the other forts.
There is another place up the Raheen road where you would see little "fairy lights" going around at night. I saw those little lights one night myself and I thought they were worked by electricity. That place is now owned by a man named Mr. Nuttall.
The owners of the lands where those(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sean Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Roundwood, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mrs Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullinaveige, Co. Wicklow
