School: Cill an Daingin
- Location:
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Domhnaill
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- The fairy rath of Mota is situated in the townsland of Mota, near the public road, one and a half miles from the village of Coolbawn. There is a beautiful stream running beside the rath and also some large white-thorn trees.
There is a hollowed stone in the rath, which is supposed to be used as a holy water font, as it is believed that Mass was said there in the Penal days.
One day there was a man named Paddy the Nailer passing by the Rath and he heard beautiful music but the tune had a straight air, and the mane knew the tune and he whistled it in such a beautiful manner that the Kind of fairies sent out to know who he was. They told him that it was a little man with a hump on his back. The King told(continues on next page)
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