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School: Garrdha Clochair

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Garrycloher, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
H. Ó Cionnaoith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0569, Page 092

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    Garryroan Fort.
    In the townland of Garryroan there is a fort. People say that one night a girl was passing and she saw a lady standing at the (entrace) entrance to the fort. She called her in. When she went in she (x) saw a man nursing a baby. When the lady's back was turned "he said to go away out of that that he was there for the past six years and he could not get out.
    The girl went away and when she was crossing a stream the lady got up to her. The lady could not cross the stream so she caught up a handful of gravel and threw it after her. Some of the gravel struck
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Garryroan, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Maureen O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garrycloher, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs B. Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Whitechurch, Co. Tipperary