School: Baile Stiabhna, Askeaton (roll number 7900)
- Location:
- Ballysteen, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 356
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- (continued from previous page)was found in a fort in Gurthnagranaher but she died after a day. As a man was passing he heard the child crying and he went into the fort and found the baby and carried it home but it died after a day. There is a fort in the townland of Galway and a pot of gold is hidden in it. A red hen is minding it and lights were often seen there.It is unlucky to interfere with these forts, but some people still do.Pina Holland
Gurthnagranaher.From John Holland 60
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- There are no forts in the school district, but there are a lot of them in the parish. In the townland of Ballycanana a fort is situated and a very remarkable story is told about it.Once upon a time a man of the parish went to cut fire-wood in it and on the following(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eva Kenrick
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycanauna, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- John Kenrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Ballycanauna, Co. Limerick
