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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    paying and hurling, but that is only a superstition because there are no fairies out now-a-days.
    There is also another fort in Creeher in Mr Moore's field in the County Roscommon. It is situated near the river suck. It is a big hill about ten feet high and trenches dug round it. It is said that long ago people lived in it.
    Corrections
    It is a big hill about ten feet high. It is a bit hill about ten feet high
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Gacquin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muckloon, Co. Galway