School: Shinrone (B.)
- Location:
- Suí an Róin, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: William Mac Mahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 057
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- There is a Fairy Fort in the townland of Shinrone known as Guests Fort.
One day as Ben Guest was cutting the ditch around the fort he cut his finger and went mad. When he was better he said he would give any man ten shillings to cut the ditch. A man by the name of Ned Whelan said that he would cut the ditch if there was a fairy in every bush. He cut the ditch alright and got the money and died that night in bed.
- Collector
- Martin Landy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Suí an Róin, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Informant
- Mrs Landy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Suí an Róin, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- There was a man passing by Guests Fort one night named Tim Power he met six fairies carrying a coffin they asked him to help them to carry it. He helped them to carry the coffin.When he had gone half a mile they came to a stile. They thanked him and said that they were going across to Knockshegowna.
