School: Cluain (C.) (roll number 15443)
- Location:
- Cloone, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bean Uí Sholamháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 233
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- There are numerous stories told by the old people during the long Winter nights. I happened to be listening to the following story told by my grandfather about a forth.
There is a forth in Annaughbrenaghan. It is supposed to have been made by the Danes after their arrival in Ireland in the year 785. There are different opinions regarding how the forths were made. Some people say that the forths were erected as a protection for the Irish people against the wild animals. Others say they were built by the fairies and are still inhabited by them.
The majority of the Irish people are still afraid to enter a forth after dark, and they will not cut or take any(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Madeline Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloone, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Frank Higgins
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Cloone, Co. Leitrim
