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School: Kilbeggan (Mercy Convent) (roll number 14491)

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Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sr Philomena
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 062

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  1. Fairy Forts

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    Forts are plentiful around here It is not known who made them They are all circular in shale and fenced in by white thorn trees no-body ever interferes with them.
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  2. Fairy Forts

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    There is a fort near our house. It is called a Ring. There is a embankment of earth around it. A man is supposed to have seen blood coming from a tree there, when cutting it
    There is a fairy fort in Killalee. It is said by old people that this fort was built by the Dains. It is built under the ground. There is a passage down into it which is
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Gormley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glengorm, Co. Westmeath