School: Kelladone (roll number 5123)
- Location:
- Killadoon, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Padhraic Maguidhir
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- (continued from previous page)There is a fort not far from my house. It is of a round shape, with clay heaped round it and little trees growing on every side of it. There is a black dog guarding it and sometimes he comes out before the people who are passing near the fort. There is another story told about a person who was passing by the same fort very late at night and he heard beautiful music and dancing inside it, and he felt inclined to go in himself and have a step out of it. There was a man going by the fort one night with a hump on his back and there were people saying some poetry and it was puzzling them(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas O' Malley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonty, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James O' Malley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 90
- Address
- Cloonty, Co. Mayo
