School: Muine Mór

Location:
Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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  1. There is an old fort in the townland of Lurgan, it is under ground in a limestone rock. the front of this fort from top to bottom there is an passage, and you go in about twenty yards, and on the right there is a room with all kinds of stone furniture. The is a small river running under this solid rock and the people say it was the black pig that bored up it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meenymore, Co. Leitrim