School: Keelagh
- Location:
- Keelagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ellen Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 152
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- There are forts in every part of Ireland and they are supposed to be the residence of the fairy folk or good people, but I believe that they were built in the times of the Danes.
There is a fort in Mr. John Smith's farm it is circular in shape with a lone bush growing in the centre of it. At this bush there are two or three carts of stones.
There is a stone ditch round the fort and a big row of trees outside this wall. In the left side of it there is a split and it is said if you left anything in the split at night it would be gone in the morning.
Like all other such places there are stories attached to it. A woman was passing one night and she heard the fairies making shoes.
It is said that a man was lying beside the fort one(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Mc Donald
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs P. Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullalougher, Co. Cavan
