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School: Drumcrave

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Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 225

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    About one mile from Ballinagh there is a fort called "Fleming's Folly". It is said that a man named Fleming tried to build a fort, so that he could see the ships on the ocean. But unfortunately he never succeeded in doing so. Before it was finished, he was killed by a fall. This fort still remains to be seen.
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    Just outside Kilfree Co. Sligo, there is a lake known as "Balor's Lake."
    It gets it's name from a great, big eye in the bottom of it. Every century the eye sucks up all the water out of the lake, in about the
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cavan, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Sean Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan