School: Cavangarden (roll number 16511)
- Location:
- Cabhán an Gharraí, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Rebecca C. R. Mitchell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 35
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Near Ballyshannon in the townland of Creevy there is a very big fort on the top of a high hill.Lights were seen about this fort and fairies were seen dancing round it. Churning and the sound of music and singing were often heard in it. These fairies have taken people and kept them walking about the fields all night. Then when they got home someone behind them would laugh.
- There is supposed to be a ‘fairy fort’ in a cave at the cairn in Lurgan, Cavangarden. There is a large flat stone at the entrance of the cave in which the(continues on next page)
