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School: Drumshanbo (roll number 16846)

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Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Cathal Ó Buadhacháin
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    them and bring them back to the place. When the men found them they were reading in the fort and instead of bringing them back to the palace they killed them and they were buried in Melkagh fort.
    Fairy people were supposed to live in these forts. The people to whom these forts belong do not interfere with them. It is said that in the one in Melkagh a coach with two people sitting in it and two horses drowning them is seen in the fort at night and it is also said that a funeral is seen some place around the fort. The people have often heard the chains rattling and they often seen it.
    Berne Duffy
    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
    Beirne Duffy
    Address
    Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim