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School: Beacán (C.)

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Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 281

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  1. Fairy Forts (continued)

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    -reavough, Culliney's fort is in the townland of Lassiney and Dignan's and Freely's in the townland of Spotfield.
    Some years ago a few young men attempted to go into Culliney's fort, but they had only got into two rooms when guards arrived, and put them out of the fort and closed the entrance and nobody tried to go in since.
    There are two forts in Derrymore, one in Holeann's field and one in Fahey's field, they are only small ones, with
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    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
    Katie Lyons
    Gender
    Female