School: Clonmore, Piltown (roll number 13420)
- Location:
- Cluain Mhór, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Bríd Nic Aodhgáin
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There is a rath in Barrabehy, and growing around it are little black-thorn trees.
It is near the main road, and not far away from it is a mass bush. - 2
Every night the fairies are suposed to be hurling in Paddy Oakeys field Clonmore.
In Purtnascully Mooncoin there is a big fairy fort. At a hurling match one day Mooncoin were defeated and that night the match was re-hurled by the fairies, and the noise they made was heard for miles around. All the fairies of Kilkenny are supposed to have assembled at the fort.
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