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School: Gleann Fleisge

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Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
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Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 717

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    and said it to his wife and she was only laughing at him and said he was mad.
    The next day he came to see his field and some of the bushes were very big and more small. The potatoes were all right in the rest of the field and the big fort again appeared.
    What ever night he would go there after that he would hear the noise. When the harvest came the farmer dug the potatoes in the rest of the field and no potatoes was in this place and the fort was as big and bigger than ever.
    Name: Rodger Donoghue Killaha aged 11 1.2 yrs
    Name: Mrs M.D. Donghue Killaha aged 49 yrs
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rodger O Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Killaha, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs M. D. O Donoghue
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    49
    Address
    Killaha, Co. Kerry