School: Machaire
- Location:
- Magherintemple, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mary Ó Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 143
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- Only remains of this fort are to be seen now; The shape is not even there as hedges have been made through it. It is situated on very high ground and commands a fine view of the surrounding a country. Many a time says Old John Smith Tullybrick, Lisboduff I heard the fairies singing and playing their music on it and I coming off my ceilide at night.
His wife says she heard the banshee wailing around that fort and across the bog under it, before deaths occurred in a certain family who lived there but are now wiped out.
- Informant
- Mr John Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- Over 70
- Address
- Tullybrick, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs John Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- Over 70
- Address
- Tullybrick, Co. Cavan
