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1. Old Forts

   

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   There is an old circular fort in Pat McCrann's land (["Spa" crossed out] Garrow, Boyle). Lights are often seen in it. One night as John McGarry (Sheegora) and Michael McGrath (Garrow) were coming from a dance they saw big lights at the fort behind McCrann's. Michael McGrath thought his own house (near McCrann's) was on fire. They stood looking at it for a long time, and then it disappeared.

   

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2. Old Forts

   

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   John McGarry and Tom Scanlon saw seven lights of different colours rise in a field near Walshe's of Deerpark and cross over, one after the other, to McCrann's fort. Here they rested for a short time, and then moved off again, one by one, in same order as they came, back to Walshe's field. There is no fort in Walshe's field, but lights are often seen there.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Mc Garry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Sheegorey, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   John Mc Garry

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Sheegorey, Co. Roscommon