School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 218
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- (continued from previous page)fort. It got its name from a man named James Hogan who lived there long ago (?).
There is Liscomiskey fort, Rosnaghough fort also. They are all in sight of each other. They are all round in shape. There is a fence around them all.
There are holes int he earth in the middle of these forts. John Smyth dug into Rossnaghough fort. He got nothing but fairy pipes. He left the hole open. He meant to come back the next day and dig down farther. But when he came back the hole was closed.
He tried to get in another place in the fort, but when he put in the spade, and he could not get it out of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Peter Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Pety Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 90
