School: Bloomhill
- Location:
- Cloncraff or Bloomhill, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Nic Annraoi
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- There are three children buried in one fort in Ballyduff and on this account if anyone cut a tree there it would bleed. None of the forts are ever ploughed and Shea's cannot plough near their fort. On one occasion they tried to till near fort and the mare got lame. Horses are often seen galloping at night and bonfires blazing near the Ballyduff forts. A dog came out of one of these forts one night and followed after Shea. This dog had fire coming out of his mouth. Some one got holy water and sprinkled it on him and the dog began to squeal and moll and then disappeared.(continues on next page)