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School: Gleann an Chairthe (roll number 13345)

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Glencar, Co. Leitrim
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Seán Mag Ualghairg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 241

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  2. Fairy Forts

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    There is a fairy fort on the hill just above my house. Neighbours say there are lights seen in it even to this day. I never saw any. They are almost invariably there on sight of each other. Just a mound or circular bank of earth. Some have bushes growing in them. No one cuts the bushes. No one tills the land. This is the fairy's play ground.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mary Gilligan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thomas Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Drumdillure, Co. Leitrim

  3. Famine Times

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    Many died from bowel complaint caused by eating chicken weed.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mary Gilligan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thomas Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Drumdillure, Co. Leitrim

  4. Local Roads

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    There is a hilly old road in the district known as the road from Derry to Dublin.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mary Gilligan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thomas Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Drumdillure, Co. Leitrim