1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile Meadhonach

School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

Location:
Ballymanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036, Page 0077

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036, Page 0077

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: Baile Meadhonach
  2. XML Page 0077
  3. XML “An Old Fort”

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. An Old Fort

    Share Share Post
    An Old Fort
    7.06.1938
    There is an old fort situated in the parish of Ballymana and in the townland of Colesgrove. Its name is Lisnagloos. In former times it was surrounded by a stone wall, but it is now broken down. There is a fire side story relating to this fort. It ancient times there was a battle fought in it. Long ago it was dug by a family called the Lamberts for sand for building a house. The horses that drew the sand were found dead in their stables next morning. No body ever interfered with it. No body ever explored
    (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
    Brigid Hynes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Colesgrove, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Stephen Donohoe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymanagh, Co. Galway