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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 135

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    A Fort.
    There are forts in my district. Ring is the name of one and Rath is another and there are other small ones which are not so important. Ring is in Curragh Bridge and Rath is in it also. If you stand on one you can see the other from it and they are both circular in shape.
    In the bottom of the forts there are clay and on top of that there are stones. There is an entrance in the middle, no one ever went down through it.
    There are old stories attached to them.
    It is said that in both forts the men who owned
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghbeg, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    A. Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Curraghbeg, Co. Limerick