School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

Location:
Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 533

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    the fort one night and something appeared to them like a ghost and they left their spades behind them and ran away. In the same fort a man used to see a woman coming out and taking in his cow into the fort to milk her and he knew she was not a living woman.
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  2. There is a fort in Mr Quinlan's land Bareen Listowel and there is a cave in it. They say there are guns in it. Every night there used be a bull's head seen hopping around the and when it would go into the cave again. One night two
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daniel O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garryantanvally, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Stack
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry