School: Cluain Tuirc (B.)

Location:
Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 257

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    trees around them. In one of them there is a house. There was a man sick in the house one time and a women came into the house the time he was sick and she told them to open the two doors, when she went out of the house, the man was immediately healed. The firbolgs is supposed to have built them. They built them for shelter. People were often seen in the forts. Anyone never interfared with them. There were often music heard and light seen.
    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)
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    English