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School: Ballinvally (C.) (roll number 932)

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Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
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S. Nic Shiomóin
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    a ring round which is a low bank & about a perch from this bank is another, but much bigger & broader. The side of the fort is steep like the wall of a house, almost, and big stones jut out from its edges. There are some stones in the ring on the top.
    Sheepstown Fort, Delvin Mor, Co. Westmeath.
    In on of Daly's fields at Sheepstown there is a fort called "Kearys Fort." It is surrounded by two rings in which there are three lone bushes growing. It is said, locally, that there are three openings going into the fort & that there is a cave under.
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