School: An Chúil Árd (C.) (roll number 12588)
- Location:
- Coolard, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire Ní Liaghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 336
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“Mike Buckley of Coolkeragh went to Denis Connor's fort...”
Mike Buckley of Coolkeragh went to Denis Connor's fort one day seeking for a pot of gold which was hid in the fort.
He took with him a little terrier.
He started digging for it and at that moment out hopped two little mice.
His terrier killed the two and he ran into the hole and was never again heard of.
The two mice were supposed to be guarding the hole and now the terrier.
There is also a fort in Godley's in Drombeg.
One day Brigid Mc Ellistrum's father went to the fort cutting down bushes for fencing.
People say that it is not for anyone to cut bushes in a fort.
That night he got sick of a fever and after a few(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hanna Dwyer
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shrone, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Philip Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Shrone, Co. Kerry