School: Ashfort (B.), Ráthluirc
- Location:
- Ashford, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Mathúna
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- (continued from previous page)Mrs. O Donnells and Willie O Connor and Con Casey. They are round forts. There is a big dyke around the forts. There is only one ring of white thorns around the other three. There is four forts in Ashford. One in Tom Kennys land, one in Jims Kelly one in Tom O Mahonys and one in Brian Kennys. About one hundred years ago there was a certain man passing Tom Kenny's he saw six men playing music he hurried to the fort and as he was passing he saluated them and when he looked again he only saw six faries.
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- Collector
- George Winter
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ashford, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- James Hallman
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ashford, Co. Limerick