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School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

Location:
Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 15_013

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    There are a few forths around our farm. Fairies are supposed to live in those forths. Nobody does anything to those forths because the fairies would harm them. A man was cutting a tree beside a forth once. When he had the tree half cut it fell down upon him and killed him. The tree belonged to the forth. It was a very old tree and the people said it was a magic one, nobody ever went near the forth after. Another man was coming home from his cuaird one night. When he was coming near a forth
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Mc Namara
    Gender
    Female