School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)
- Location:
- Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 374
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“I am not acquainted with the forts of this (Jamestown) district but I will describe a chain of forts in the Liss”
(continued from previous page)[Gos na gcag?] is the next townland. It got its name from 3 huge black cats who are supposed to guard it still.
On the next hill stands lios na bree. Badgers ruled this fort. Fiery shapes have been seen moving from one fort to another and crying and wailing heard.
My great grand-father cut the bushes in one of these forts.
Shortly after he fell ill. and only for Father Mick Hanly of árd an aifrinn he would have died; but he lost all his cattle that year.
The owner of another of these forts, levelled it, so as to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Gorman
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Hunt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Jamestown, Co. Leitrim