School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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- There is a fairy fort in Turra. It is round in shape. It is said that sometimes fairies are heard singing and dancing in it. Some people call it a rath. One night a man went down to see what was going on. When he got down he went into a room where there was a light he went in and saw fairies dancing in it. He said to himself that he would stay there for a few minutes but when he came out he found that he was a withered old man. He had been there over fifty years. It is said that there is a fairy fort situated in the townsland of Woodlands. In day - time churning is heard and in the night dancing and singing is heard.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gertie Atkinson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monavea, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Carmel Graham
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Towlerton, Co. Laois