School: Urbal (roll number 13874)
- Location:
- Urbal, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gerald Kelliher
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- (continued from previous page)used travel on foot to Co. Dublin in search of employment - a distance of 80 or 90 mls, short route- He used take no refreshments except a few halves of whiskey in Newtowngore.
- There is an old fort in Greaghnafarna called Mac Leice. This fort is circular in shape. There is a ditch of earth, 3 ft in height, around it. There is no sign of any entrance. People, on whose land the fort is, would not let you cut any grass in the fort. About 50 years ago, a woman named Nabby Darcy saw her deceased husband walking around this fort. They were terrified to go near it. Even the present owners of the farm, in which the fort is, believe there are fairies there.
- Informant
- Owen Rynn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Greaghnafarna, Co. Leitrim
