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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

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Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 193

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    There are a lot of forts about this district. A fort is a military defensive work which is supposed to have been built by the ancient Irish. It is constructed in the shape of a circle. As you see them now they are covered with bushes, usually white-thorn, hazel and black-thorn.
    It is considered very unlucky to interfere with any of these or cut any of the bushes as they are believed to be the homes of the fairies and misfortune will overtake anyone who interferes with these forts. It is also believed that the fairies visit from one fort to another and any person who builds a house or ditch in the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pauline Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymulvey, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Kearns
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymulvey, Co. Longford