School: Doire an Céise (C )

Location:
Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Uaid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 259

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  1. In the townland of Clonraw, Cootehill there is a fort called Clonraw Fort. It is shaped like a horse-shoe and it is surrounded by a thick hedge. A woman named Mrs McBride saw a fairy come down from the fort and it stood on the street. She turned to call her husband out, and when she looked again the fairy had disappeared.
    A man named James McCann, Corragarry, Cootehill saw a crowd of fairies dressed in green jackets and red caps going around the fort on horse-back.
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  2. There is a fort in the townland of Crann, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. It is on James Carroll's farm. Fairies are supposed to inhabit this fort. Some people say they are to be seen in green jackets and
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cran, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Agnes Tackney
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Tackney
    Gender
    Male