School: Killea (roll number 3219)
- Location:
- Killea, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Coilín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 240
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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. - Many of these forts or raths exist in Ballaghameehan Parish County Leitrim. The townland of Lisdarush which means the door of the fort has 5 or 6 of these strange mounds and people say it not lucky to to interfere with one of them.
I heard of an old man named Gallagher in Kiltyclogher townland. Parish of Clooneclare who cut a whitethorn on a fairy fort getting a prod of a thorn in his finger while cutting these with the result that his hand became twisted, withered, and finally useless.
The rock near Mrs. Keary's of Straduffy townland was a great haunt of the fairies and I used to hear my grandmother tell that she often heard beautiful music coming from this place. She often saw hundreds of lights(continues on next page)
