School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 19_036
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One day a man named Pat Griffin made a cock of hay near the fort and a fairy wind carried it off.
It is said that he made the cock inside the boundary of the "Old Fort" as it is called and by doing so he excited the anger of the fairies.
The four deal trees are said to be unclimbable.
An old limestone quarry near the fort is called "Rathculbin" and is full of whitethon(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Duncan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Thomas Dungan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
