School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)circular piece of ground, about twenty-five yards in diameter. It is surrounded by a huge trench, twelve feet deep and about ten feet wide. On the inner edge of this trench there is a ring of dead trees.
There are a great many legends about this fort. One night a man named Patrick Reddy of Garnaman was passing by the "Ráithín" on his way home, when he heard singing and(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Comerford
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Philip Comerford
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny