School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)
- Location:
- Rathkeeragan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Mac Giolla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 140
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- (continued from previous page)live near this fort. They used to have a plate of meal on a window which used to be left open every night to let the fairies go in and out. The fairies used to take the meal and after a while they would leave back the meal. Lowertown is about eleven miles south of Tullamore. nearly all the forts are in sight of on another. There is a lot of forts in this parish.
- There are not many forts in our district. But there is a fort in Coolagh. I is round in shape. It is in front of a house, every night when the people go to bed they see a light in the fort. It shines through the window.
- Collector
- Sadie Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killananny, Co. Offaly
