School: Ballinvally (C.) (roll number 932)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Nic Shiomóin
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- (continued from previous page)wounded. This woman could change herself into a hare. In a corner of the hut she had a big crock of milk that she had got from the cows.
- 1. Gavigan's fort in Brownstown, Delvin
2. Gogarty's fort in Brownstown, Delvin
3. Donelan's fort in Brownstown, Delvin
4. Daly's fort in Brownstown, Delvin
5. Fay's fort in Cummerstown, DelvinThey are called Forts. Fay's fort is in the townland of Cummerstown. The rest are all in the townland of Brownstown within view of each other. They are all circular in shape. There are bushes and a big flat stone on Fay's fort. There is a ring of bushes round Donelans and some round Daly's. There is nothing round Gogarty's or Gavigans. Nobody ever interfered with any of them except M. Fay of Cummerstown Delvin. There was never any music heard in them.One time Mickie Fay of Cummerstown dug scraws of his fort to cover a shed. That(continues on next page)