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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 126

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    that more rings the more important the person was in life.
    Many and many a time the people can hear the leprechaun and his hammering away at the shoes. Some people say that the leprechaun is the fairies cobbler and they also say that this leprechaun is three or four hundred years old.
    In each fort there is a king and queen and the other fairies have to wait on the king and queen.
    In Gort Lamma in the border of Leitrim and Sligo there is a very famous fort known as "Jackson's Fort." Once a man was passing by this fort and as he was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Johnston
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickacroghery, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Johnston
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickacroghery, Co. Leitrim