School: Baile Mhic Dáibhid (Ballydevitte) (roll number 3854)

On this page

1. An Old Fort (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   (continued from previous page)

   In the townland of Drimstevlin [?] on a farm owned by Mr. John Campbell there is still the remains of an old fort. It is there since the time of the O’Donnells occupied the castle at Donegal. There is a rock still there known as “the Giant’s stone” and his fingerprints are still to be seen on it. There is a flat stone under this rock and there is supposed to be a hidden treasure under it. This treasure consists of a croch [?] of gold. There were a few attempts made to find this croch [?] of gold but they were not successful. The seeker could not find it, every time an attempt was made something happened that prevented them from taking it. This fort is one of three a second one in Drimroosche [?] on a farm owned by Mr. Miller, and a third at Rathforher owned by a man named O’Donnell.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Marris

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11

   Address

   Donegal, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Bean Uí Mhuirghir

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   40

   Address

   Donegal, Co. Donegal