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School: Kinnitty

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 296

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    ploughed in closed around the fort. The next week one of his cows died. Another night he was coming from rambling at Pye's and he heard music and singing in the fort.
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  2. Fairy Forts

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    There is a fort on the farm of Thomas Leahy, of Castletown, parish of Kinnitty, Co. Offaly. The fort is made of one round mound. There are white-thorn trees on the mound. In olden times music and singing used to be heard and lights used to seen in it. In olden times the fairies used to be seen hurling. A man named Francis Meehan of Glendesaun, parish of Kinnitty, Co. Offaly, saw the fairies hurling near the fort.
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    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. áiteanna osnádúrtha agus spioradálta (~158)
        1. ráthanna (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank Joe English
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fuarleaca, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
    Informant
    Patrick Lowry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fuarleaca, Co. Uíbh Fhailí