School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

Location:
Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 512

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    heard Then the latch of the door started rattling and after a while the bedroom door opened and he saw a crowd of small men hitting range with sticks with the result they broke the range into bits and he had to throw it out.
    In Doody's land of Beechers Lane Duagh there is a dolmen and the cows used to go to the dolmen and scratch themselves and one day when a cow to the dolmen a woman came out and caught the cow by the horns, and the next day the cow was found dead in the field.
    Mary Keane of Lisroe Duagh went to the well for water. The well was near their own fort and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    R. Finucane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    M. Finucane
    Age
    78
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry