School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)
- Location:
- Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: John F. Higgins
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- Collector
- Michael Finn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuiltycreaghan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Boyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuiltycreaghan, Co. Mayo
- There is a fort in Cloonlara, Brickens, Claremorris. It is a round place and there are trees growing round it. A light was seen in it last Summer. Mrs. Costello that saw it. It was going up and down for about ten minutes and then it disappeared like a flash of lightning. One day grandfather was ploughing on the fort and when he was just beginning when he was driven about 100 yards out of the fort. He thought that himself and the horses were thrown out of the fort. It is a very high fort.(continues on next page)