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School: Drumnahoul

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Drumnahoul, Co. Dhún na nGall
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Sorcha Ní Choltair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1035, Page 413

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  1. A Fairy Story (continued)

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    tree. He took the calf home and from that time forward his cattle died and he died a poor man himself.
    This happened about the year 1836.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Fairy Forts

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    I know a fort on a hill named Robert Perry’s rath in the townland of Cully. In olden times there were fairies and men on horses there but there one none to be seen now. There was a girl called Little who interfered with the fairies and she went out and never came back.
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    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. áiteanna osnádúrtha agus spioradálta (~158)
        1. ráthanna (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lily Mc Elhinney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cuilly, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Tom Mc Elhinney
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Cuilly, Co. Dhún na nGall