School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)
- Location:
- Áth Trasna, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 155
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- Fairy Forts are very numerous in the school district. They are called forts but two of them are known as lisses. There is a fort in each of the following townlands: The Mill-Land, The Kerry Road, Killowen, Goose Berry Hill, Granavorrig, Demesne, Island Liscongill, Lisdangan, Coolagh, and Scarteen. It is a remarkable fact that one or more of these forts can be seen from any other.
These forts are all circular in shape. There is a fence round each of them and on this grows black- thorns, white thorns, and furze bushes. There is no entrance hole to be seen in any of these forts. I never heard of any one exploring the interior of a fort.
There is a story attached to the fort in Liscongill. It is said to have been inhabited by a magic hare, and that any dog which would go near the fort would be hunted by the hare. There is a fort in Barley Hill, and the land(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Edward Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Áth Trasna, Co. Chorcaí
