School: Fairche, Cill Dairbhre (roll number 6834)
- Location:
- Farahy, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Mac Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0373, Page 262
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There is a liss in the townland of Ballinguiroe Kildorrery Co. Cork in a field belonging to Mr. Matt Coughlan. It is called the Children's Graveyard. It is round in shape and it is fenced in by a big ditch. The owner never ploughs or plants this liss because it is said that the fairies live there and would do harm to you if you ploughed or planted it. One night as my father and Mr. Matt Coughlan were coming home from Farrahy about twelve o clock a big black bull ran out of the liss and he started to scratch the ground. They ran off as fast as they could. When they looked back again the bull was gone. There is a big flag in the middle of the liss and it(continues on next page)
