School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- Fairy forts are places where the fairies were supposed to live long ago.
Before St Patrick came to Ireland, this country was invaded with all sorts of wild beasts, who used to devour the people.
All the rich people got big banks built around their houses and got big railings around the top of the banks to protect themselves from(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire de Paor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Marnell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny