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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 129

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    and he thought that the fairies would keep her. When he arrived at the fairy fort he stood outside and addressed the fairies.
    "Gentlemen of the fort I bestow ye Nancy" and a voice answered him, "Thank you Tady we don't want your lady." So Tady had to bring home his wife Nancy and keep her.
    In olden times when the war was in Ireland the Druids used to have these forts for protection and they had steps going down under the ground where they used to live in rooms.
    Long ago there was a big wood in growing around this forth and all the wild animals used to live in it. There was a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Gillen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardakip Beg, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Patrick Fowley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardakip Beg, Co. Leitrim