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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 131

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    Fairy Forts
    Fairy forts nowadays are not as numerous as they were in olden times. The old people have a great many stories about the fairies.
    At night the fairies have great lights. About twelve o'clock at night the fairies begin to sing and dance. A long time ago there were two men and they heard the people saying that there were fairies in this place. The two men said they would go as far as this place and that there was a crock of gold there. When they arrived at this place one of them said he would go in first. This man had a hump on his back. This man was very long time inside and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Martin Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Friarstown, Co. Leitrim