School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

Location:
Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 544

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    A dog with no head came out of the fort and the man's own dog would not stir and the man beat it with his stick and he would not move and the had to go back to a house and sleep there untill morning.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. There is a fort in Ped Connor's land near Derrindaffe School and Ped Connor had a magpie cow and she used to be milked every night. So they wacked the cows in the field and they saw the magpie go under the trees in the fort and a hare came out with a can and milked the cow.
    There is a fort in Mrs. Quinlan's land Bareen Listowel and there is a large flag inside in it with a big iorn ring in the middle. Nobody has succeeded in lifting
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerald Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Garryantanvally, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mary Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garryantanvally, Co. Kerry