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School: Druim Corr

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Drumcor, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Mac Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 084

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 084

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    a puzzle to Irish historians but all have agreed on one point that they were built for some purpose of military defence.
    When a fort was built on top of a hill it was always built in a position that you could see a number of other forts from it.
    In olden times the Irish people firmly believed in the existence of some kind of spirits which the called "fairies" or "good people". These people were some class of little men whom they believed possessed these forts and held
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English