School: Ceathrú Gabhann
- Location:
- Carrowgowan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Brian Mac Dhuarcáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121, Page 285
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- Once upon a time there lived in the parish of Straide a boy named John Kelly and his mother.
One night when John was coming home from a dance he met a crowd of fairies who brought him to a fort.
When he was inside in the fort he saw a great deal of people who had been dead for a long time.
In about a half an hour two more fairies came in who gave him a glass of wine. Then they sent another man to the boys house.
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- Collector
- John F. Gordon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowcastle, Co. Mayo
