School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)
- Location:
- Graigue, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Lionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 040
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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. - In the neighbourhood of Graigue school there are several forts. There are four in the townland of Kilclooney and three in the townland of Graigue. The three lisses in Graigue can be seen from one another. Two of them in Kilclooney are within view of each other, and others outside the district can be seen from the two others. Around some of them there are high banks and the others look like raised circles of earth. These lisses were built by the Danes to hide their. Some are supposed to have been fortresses used by the Danes. In every place where money was hidden a man was killed and he was supposed to mind it(continues on next page)
