School: Cill a' Lachtáin
- Location:
- Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0232
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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.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. - There is a fairy fort in the townland of Liosavruggy. Lios Quell can be seen from this fort. It is said that an old man went there to cut a lone whitethorn tree. While he was cutting it the hatchet was thrown from his hand and he was thrown on the ground. That tree is still growing but it is half cut.
There is another story told concerning this fort. There was a boy minding (sheep) cattle near this fort when he saw two children playing around the bush inside in the fort. He was going to play with them when they dissappeared. This forth was devided and given to two men. They never ditched it but they wired it.
