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School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)

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Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 585

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 585

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  3. XML “A Blessed Well”
  4. XML “A Fort”

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  1. A Blessed Well (continued)

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    seven stones in there pocket and throw a stone into a heap each time lest they would go astray. It is in a small field near the road. The people called it "tobar oruidhte". After a few years the people could not get water and they made the well deeper. When they came in to it for water no one came to the well again.
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  2. A Fort

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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Glynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Burke
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo