School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)
- Location:
- Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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- (continued from previous page)entrance is from the road which was an arch of hawthorn bushes which can scarcely be seen now. There is a house convenient to it and the people who lived there some years ago are said to have heard beautiful singing in it in the evening.
- Forts are not as useful nowadays as they were long ago. The Danes used to live in these forts. When the Danes used to be in trouble or if anyone would be attacking them they lit a fire, and when the Danes in the other forts would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Greally
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonkeel, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Peter Murtagh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Ballinamore, Co. Longford