School: St Columb's Moville
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Hamilton Stewart
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- (continued from previous page)his comrades in there yet.
- On Roddy's farm in the townland of Carva and Parish of Desertegney there is a fairy fort underneath the ground. It is supposed to have been constructed by the Danes, and afterwards to have become a home of the fairies. There is a large stone guarding the entrance, which however is now filled up. Many years ago when it was open I counted seven rooms, and there is a passage running back for more than a quarter of a mile. The floor and roof are neatly flagged. Old people tell that in days gone by they many a time could hear the fairies dancing and singing inside this fort. The story is also told that long ago at the full of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hamilton Stewart
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal