School: Doora, Cuinche
- Location:
- Deerpark, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Cáit Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0594, Page 096
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“There is a big lios in a field in McInerney's land.”
There is a big lios in a field in McInerney's land. The place is called the Fairy-grove. The remains of the lios is to be seen to the present-day.. The lios is circular in shape and it is surrounded by a high wall.
There are trees growing around it. There is a large hole in the centre of it. There is a short passage going through the lios to the hole. There is a kind of a trap-door at the end of the passage and it is over the hole. One evening a boy went in along the passage and when he came to the trap-door it opened and he fell down and got killed.
It is said that it is inhabited by fairies now but it was the Dún of a king long ago. It is built on the top of a big hill.
The old people say that a big deer is sometimes seen lying at one side of the lios and a big dog at the other side of it.
Everybody is afraid to go near the lios because it is said to be(continues on next page)
- Informant
- P. Slattery
- Address
- Manusmore, Co. Clare