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School: Buirgheas Uí Chatháin (B.) (roll number 4130)

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Séamus Gáirnéar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 089

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  1. Lights of Killurane Fort

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    Once upon a time there lived a man by the mane of Desmond McCarthy of Cloughjordan who was constantly dreaming of a hidden treasure of a crock of gold in a fort at Killurane. It was known locally as Dwyer fort. He told his dreams to an old woman who advised him to search for it He would have to take friends with him.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Simon Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Bawnmore, Co. Tipperary