School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- An Díseart, Co. Lú
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0672, Page 222
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- (continued from previous page)and they were out all night looking for them and the next day they found them.
- In the townland of Skeagmore there is a moat and it is of a round shape, & there are three rings round it. There are supposed to be fairies in it and there is music to be heard in it at night.
It is not very high to look at and there are lone bushes in it. - In the townland of Clonmore in the Parish of Togher this moat is situated, and it is on the lands of Mr. Thos. Butterly.
The hill is composed of nothing only said. There is an entrance from the road. It is about thirty feet higher than the road, and on the other side it is about one 100(continues on next page)
