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School: Ballinacliffy

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Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
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A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 166

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  2. Fairy Forts

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    There is a Fairy Fort called Dooley's ratheen in Muckanagh. There is a fence of bushes and a deep trench around it. It is said that the fairies go from Dooley's ratheen to Crocan Ruad which means a hill of sand.
    One night when Michael Connaughton was going home from rambling he heard a lot of horses coming towdards him he sat down under a ditch and the horses leaped across him.
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