School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)

Location:
Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. O' Donovan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 282

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  1. There is a fort situated in the district of Ramonan. Long ago there lived a man named John Reilly. One night when he was passing the fort he saw a group of small men with a girl amongst them and they were beating her with swords when he went into the fort he saw nothing so he made up his mind that he would hide
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Andy Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan