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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis

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Ennis, Co. Clare
Teacher:
An tSr. Máire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 286

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    at night it is said that you will be going around it all night if you did not turn your coat inside out and put it on again.
    There are two forts in the townland of Cahernaclough int he parish of Barefield. There are passages supposed to be running from one of them to all the other forts in district nearby.
    About fifty years ago there was a fort behind Bushypark House in Ennis where the fairies lived. One night a hunchback was passing that way and he was singing a lovely
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Riordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ennis, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Tom Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ennis, Co. Clare