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School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 261

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  1. Fairy Forts (continued)

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    It consists of a circular height on top of a hill. The people of the village believe that the fairies live in it, and that if you interfered with those forts that you will have bad luck. For that reason that the people are afraid to interfere with them.
    There is no underground passages in any of those four forts. There is no fence around them.
    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
    Thomas Leonard
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Leonard
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacorraun, Co. Mayo