School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)say that it is not right to interfere with anything belonging to them.
- The people around this district say that there are three forts in Coonagh. Caheen is about a quarter of a mile away from my house. It is surrounded by a stone wall. Not many years ago a man went searching the place but he was hunted by the fairies and her found nothing. The people say that cabbage was sown there and the plants withered.
A mile away there is a fort called Knock. It is situated on a big hill and surrounded by a big wall; people call it the Fort Field. Not many years ago the owner of the field dug for gold in the fort but was hunted by the fairies - Collector
- Patrick Hogan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coonagh East, Co. Limerick
