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School: Ballinacarrow (roll number 13277)

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Baile na Cora, Co. Shligigh
Teacher:
Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0175, Page 181

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    were made by the Danes, and the Irish captured them as strongholds. When the Irish saw that the danes were going to attack they lit fires on all the forts. There is always an opening in the fort in which there is a track of cart wheels.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. áiteanna osnádúrtha agus spioradálta (~158)
        1. ráthanna (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Hall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Teach an Teampla, Co. Shligigh
    Informant
    Owen Ford
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Teach an Teampla, Co. Shligigh