School: Scoil na mBráthar, Inistíomáin (roll number 16678)

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   There are not many forts to be seen in this district, but the only one near this place is which is between Lahinch and Ennistymon. It is surrounded by a sod wall, which is about four feet about the level of the ground.

   There was a servant boy working in a house, and one night when the people of the house were gone to bed, a knock came to the window, and he saw tow girls outside. He went out and followed the girls, when they saw him they ran until they came to a fort, and then they disappeared. He came home, but next day he was simple. His other went to the priest and the priest gave her a gospel, for the boy to wear round his neck, but the boy should leave the country. The boy went to a foreign country and joined the army. A few years passed, and the boy wrote a letter to his mother saying he lost the gospel, and he was getting bad again, and to get another gospel. His mother went to the priest, and he gave her a gospel. When she came home she was longing to see what was in it, so she opened it, and found two shillings, she was poor, and she

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Aindrias Mac Cuiréin

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mícheál Ó Brían

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Maghera, Co. Clare