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   “There is an old rath or fort in Wilkinstown about ten miles from Wexford.”

   

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   There is an old rath or fort in Wilkenstown about ten miles from Wexford. It is in the centre of a twelve-acre field. There is about a quarter of an acre of ground under. There are three big trees growing in the centre of the rath and the rest of it is all bushes. There are two or three hills or mounds on it.
   There was a man once was walking home across the fields and it happened that he had to pass close to the rath, and he saw a big black man walking all around it and then went into it. There was also another man walking along the road one night, and as he was passing by the gate of the field on which the rath is, a big black man was just fastening the gate and started

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Eddie Brady