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School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)

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Gort an Tuair, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Áine Nic Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 465

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  1. Ráthanna agus Liosanna

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    There is a fort in this district, and the people say that there are lots of fairies in it.
    People also say, that long ago, a family or a tribe used to live in forts.
    When the people decided to erect a house, they chose a dry patch of ground, and then dug a big trench around it, so that wild animals would not harm them.
    "Liosíns" were burial grounds for young babies who would die withoutBaptism, and there is a liosín in almost every district.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. áiteanna osnádúrtha agus spioradálta (~158)
        1. ráthanna (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kate Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ceathrú Mhic Sheáin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Michael Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ceathrú Mhic Sheáin, Co. Mhaigh Eo