1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Ceathrú Mhór

School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)

Location:
Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Thomas F. O' Hara
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 273

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 273

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ceathrú Mhór
  2. XML Page 273
  3. XML “The Forts in Lahardane”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Forts in Lahardane (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    young man going home one night and he had to go through this field. When he was in the middle of the field he heard talk along the fence. Then he went over and when he reached the spot where he heard the talk he could not see anything. Then [?] he started to go home and the talk began again but he did not go back to see what was in it.
    Another night he brother was going home from visiting and he had to go through the same field. As he was going through the field he noticed something along the fence and he thought it was like a woman that was in it. He spoke to her but as soon as he did the thing disappeared and he could not see anything after that. Then he left the spot and he went home.
    It is said that there are ghosts in the fort in [?]
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Ruane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killasser, Co. Mayo