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1. Fairy Forts (continued)

   

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   but I do not know his name.
   One day this man was looking across the fence at the potatoes. He saw two children playing among the stalk's and he shouted "What are you doing there". He jumped across the fence and followed them. He fell into a furrow and became a cripple again. His wife had to bring him home. She went to the priest again and the priest said he could do nothing for him because he didn't keep his promise. So he remained a cripple till he died.
   This man's name was Cunningham. He is dead about fifty year's. An old man called John Fitzsimons told this story to my father. He is also dead about twenty years.
   There is another fort situated beside Knight's. It is called Plunkett's fort. The McPartland's owned this land before Plunkett. They cut bushes in

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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

   Mary Monaghan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballywillin, Co. Longford