School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

Location:
Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 513

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 513

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    and when she had the water got she heard the noise of churning and the noise of forks and knives throwing on a table. She went over to the fort and looked in over the ditch. Then sods of turf and stones were fired at her.
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  2. My father Thomas Collins said that about 86 years ago a crowd of boys in Ballydonohue were coming home from school and that time hunts men were very plentiful and this day a big crowd of huntsmen passed the boys and one of the horses was going very slowly. One of the boys named John Lyons picked up a stick and fur it at the horse and the rider put back his his hand and threw back the stick
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donal Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Thomas Collins
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry