School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: William Boyd
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- There are two Fairy Forts near my grandmother's home in Dunmaurice, Ballybeg.
The names of the forts are Dunmaurice fort and McBirney's.
The former is called that name because it is in the townland of Dunmaurice. The other fort is called McBirney's fort because people named McBirney's lived there. They are all circular in shape.- Collector
- Ray Beattie
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- In my district there lived a man named Jim McMahon. This man was able to make poems. This gift of poetry was handed down from generation to generation. The most of his poems were about his district and about his friends.
These are the names of some of this poems. "The land where the Dafodils grow", "The girl of the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Anna Corbett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Concra, Co. Monaghan