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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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  1. Story of a Fort

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    There is a fort in Carramore in the Parish of Balla in the Barony of Carra. Men who passed by it at night heard great nice singing and one of the men began to dance and he could not stop.
    On another occasion as Patrick Hyland of Ballinhoe in the Parish of Balla was passing by it going with pigs to the market, he looked into
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridgie Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Rush Hill, Co. Mayo