School: Scoil na Móna Fliche (Moanflugh) (roll number 10272)

Location:
An Muine Fliuch, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Deasmhumhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0326, Page 050

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  1. It was the Danes that made the forts when they came to this country. They used them as strongholds or places of safety if invaded by any other forces. They were built up of earth and stones with a bank round them about 10 feet high. They usually take up about a quarter of an acre. They are usually divided up inside the bank of earth by small stone walls. People often attempted to go into them to see what they were like, but they failed, as they got nervous. The land is never tilled inside the bank of earth. There is a fort in this townland on Daniel Creedon's land.
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    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Twohig
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Informant
    Jeremiah Twohig
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    An Bán Mór, Co. Chorcaí