School: Rampark, Jenkinstown (roll number 2532)
- Location:
- Rampark, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Fionnáin
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- There is a lios midway between the road and the sea in Rampark on Joe Mc Ardles land. It is of a round shape and there are two gaps in it and a path through it. It is said that the fairies used to play "pitch and toss" in it. One day a man found a coin with a very old date on it in the place where the fairies used to play. There is a ditch round the lios and tree in the middle. There is a "rath" on Peter Woods mountain called "Cnoc Róire" and there is suppoed to be an opening in the middle of it. One day a man went down in the opening and found a tunnel, he followed the tunnel until he came to a place(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Flanagan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Joseph Mc Donald
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Riverstown, Co. Louth