School: An Chlais Mhór, Eóchaill (roll number 2889)
- Location:
- Clashmore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Liam Suipéal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0640, Page 476
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- There are three or four lioses around here. It is said by some people that it was the fairies that made them. The most of them are round with a hole on top. It is said that the farmers used to put their cattle into them from the Danes. There is a tunnel from one lios to another and the people used to go from one to the other. The biggest lios in Ireland is in Kilmore. There are a few more lioses in Knockaneris, Coolbagh and Creggs. A man dreamt that there was gold hidden in one of them and he went to dig it. When he was digging he saw a big bull coming to him and he ran away.
- Collector
- Richard Dee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyheeny, Co. Waterford
