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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 044

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    said to be haunted. There are trees growing around it. It is circular in shape and is built of stone. No one likes to enter this fort. Fairies are supposed to be seen there. A man was once passing this fort at night and he heard music and dancing.
    The other forts are mounds of earth and there are also trees growing round them and they are circular in shape. There was a white horse seen in one of them with bells tied round his neck.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Cunningham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Molougha, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Cunningham
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Molougha, Co. Clare