School: Coolanarney

Location:
Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
D. Mac Gairbhíth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 263

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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Guinan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Roscore Demesne, Co. Offaly
  2. There was a fairy forth in Coolanarney in a field which belonged to James Kinnarney. It is said that the fairies were heard dancing and singing and hurling round the forth in olden times. It any on took a bush out of the forth the fairies would come on that night and cry at the door of the person that took it.
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