School: Cúl Mín, Inis
- Location:
- Coolmeen, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)There is a big trench of water all round it. It was built by the soldiers.
- There is a fort situated in Coolmeen Beg. The fort is near a fence. All the forts is covered with black-thorn bushes. The forts was never interfered with. There is no pit or anything of that kind in the fort. A large bank of earth, surrounds the fort. Cattle are allowed to roam through the fort. There was never, any lights seen in the fort.
- Collector
- Mary O Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolmeen, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Patrick O Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolmeen, Co. Clare
- There are a lot of old forts around the district of Coolmeen. The Danes had the forts to defend themselves from the enemy. There is a fort in John Clearys place. This fort was built by the Danes. It is made of stone and mortar. In the middle of the fort is a huge hole and a flag covering it. There the Danes kept their implements. These implements were a stone hammer, and pincers tied together and a stone pipe. On the pipe was Danish(continues on next page)
